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ice plants

genus Mesembryanthemum

Member of icefigs (subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae)
stone plant family (family Aizoaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in California.


There are more things commonly called ice plants in the stone plant family (family Aizoaceae).

slender iceplant
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
  • 0.4–1.2 cm flower diameter
  • leaf ± cylindric
  • white petals, aging to yellow
  • found mostly on the levees around the salt ponds at the south end of the bay
  • common
crystalline ice plant
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

2 observed taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 3 (all are research grade)

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Taxon info: iNaturalistCalfloraJepson eFloraFNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalistCalflora