Pigface family

Aizoaceae in Australia

CARYOPHYLLIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 28 December 2009)

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Flowers in Australia

Aptenia cordifolia Hearts & Flowers Sydney, September 2006	Carpobrotus edulis Iceplant Sydney, August 2006	Carpobrotus glaucescens Angular Pigface Wyee, October 2007	Disphyma crassifolium Noon Flower Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens
Gasoul crystallinum Common Iceplant Pink Lakes, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Lampranthus aurantiacus Orange Pigface Sydney, August 2006	Lampranthus purpureus Pink Iceplant Sydney, August 2006	Tetragonia tetragonioides Warrigal Greens Concord, July 2007

Some polyphagous caterpillars of Lepidoptera in Australia have been reported to feed on plants in Aizoaceae, including:

Spoladea recurvalis

Apina callisto

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths