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Ruschia spinosa

Common names: thorny vygie, spiny ruschia (Eng.); doringvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

18 / 08 / 2014 | Hannelie Snyman | Kirstenbosch NBG

Faucaria tigrina

Common names: tiger-jaws, shark-jaws (Eng.); tierbekvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... are borne in hard fruit capsules, characteristic of the Aizoaceae family. Faucaria tigrina is found only within the ...

04 / 08 / 2014 | Sarah-Leigh Hutchinson | Kirstenbosch NBG

Mesembryanthemum varians

Common names: salt mesemb, skeleton plant (English); soutvygie (Afrikaans)

Family: Aizoaceae

14 / 07 / 2014 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Conophytum wettsteinii

Common names: cone plant, dumplings, button plants (Eng.); knopies (buttons), toontjies (little toes), waterblasies (water blisters), ogies (small eyes) (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... single-bodied succulents of the vygie or ice-plant family, Aizoaceae. The genus is distinguished by the clusters of ...

19 / 05 / 2014 | A Jakoet | Compton Herbarium

Conophytum calculus subsp. calculus

Common names: cone plants, dumplings, button plants, sphaeroids, conos; knopies (buttons), toontjies (little toes), waterblasies (water blisters) (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

19 / 05 / 2014 | Sarah-Leigh Hutchinson | Kirstenbosch NBG

Carpobrotus quadrifidus

Common names: West Coast sour fig, eland sour fig (Eng.); Weskus suurvy, elandsvy (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

17 / 02 / 2014 | Werner Voigt | Karoo Desert NBG

Stoeberia carpii

Common names: Vaalvygie

Family: Aizoaceae

15 / 07 / 2013 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Stomatium mustellinum

Common names: no English names recorded; kussingvygie (Afr.) (= Mesembryanthemum mustellinum Salm-Dyck, Stomatium pyrodorum (Diels) L.Bolus)

Family: Aizoaceae

06 / 05 / 2013 | L Kessler | Free State NBG

Drosanthemum hallii

Common names: None recorded

Family: Aizoaceae

29 / 04 / 2013 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Cheiridopsis denticulata

Common names: t'noutsiama (Nama)

Family: Aizoaceae

15 / 04 / 2013 | Stemmer Ngalo | Free State NBG

Lampranthus tenuifolius

Common names: None

Family: Aizoaceae

... the genus Lampranthus is one of the largest genera in the Aizoaceae family. It is also one of the most cultivated ...

25 / 03 / 2013 | James Deacon | Kirstenbosch NBG

Stayneria neilii

Common names: white-flowered mesemb (Eng.); witblomvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... bottom edge and smell like berries. Fragrant leaves in the Aizoaceae family are uncommon and therefore this is an almost ... feature with Stayneria neilii , as most members of the Aizoaceae have fruit capsules that open in the presence, and ...

25 / 02 / 2013 | Shireen Harris | Karoo Desert NBG