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Ice Plant

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

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Description:

A type of ice plant growing just outside a Mission.

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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

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Comments (6)
Ava T-B
It might be Mesembryanthemum crystallinum See this site: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-6299563/stock-photo-mesembryanthemum-crystallinum-crystalline-ice-plant-or-common-ice-plant-in-lanzarote-canary.html
soul soaring wind
Ava do you know the name. The family that runs the Mission in Mexico called it a cactus. The drops are from some type of sap it secretes (what we were told).
Ava T-B
This isn't cactus; it's a type of ice plant.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2012

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