Carpobrotus deliciosus
This is a trailing sour fig from the southern and eastern coast of South Africa. Its pink-to-purple flowers are followed by unusually sweet fruit. It is an easy, vigorous mat-former that wants full sun, a sandy soil and moderate year-round water.
Where it grows wild
It grows on coastal rocks, dunes and sandy plains near the sea, where it forms wide mats in full sun.
It is a coastal plant, and few records carry an elevation, so it is mostly near sea level.
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