Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

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Field Notes

Description:

Low to the ground plant with tiny, fluid-filled vesicles all over it's leaves. Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a prostrate succulent plant native to Africa, Western Asia and Europe.[1] The plant is covered with large, glistening bladder cells, reflected in its common names of common ice plant, crystalline iceplant or iceplant. (Wikipedia)

Notes:

The leaves are edible.

Reference Links:

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Calflora: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

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