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Carpobrotus chilensis (sea fig)

Synonyms: Carpobrotus aequilateralis; Carpobrotus aequilateralus; Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale var. chiloense (homotypic); Mesembryanthemum chilense (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Carpobrotus chilensis is a species of succulent plant known by the common name sea fig. It is probably native to southern Africa. It is familiar elsewhere, particularly the coastline of western North America, where it is an introduced invasive species that has taken hold and become commonplace. It is also found in parts of South America.
View Wikipedia Record: Carpobrotus chilensis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Shrub

Ecosystems

Predators

Spilococcus mamillariae (Cactus mealybug)[4]
Vryburgia succulentarum[4]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0