Crystalline Iceplant
S2, Leaves, Red Tipped
Crystalline Iceplant
S2, Pointed "Bladder Cells"
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| Crystalline Iceplant S2, Leaves, Red Tipped | | Crystalline Iceplant S2, Pointed "Bladder Cells" | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Betalains (Caryophyllales) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Ice Plant (Aizoaceae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Crystalline Iceplant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Leaf Surface & Edge🔎 | Other names: | Common Iceplant, Crystalline Ice Plant or Crystallinum Iceplant | Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere The largest we've seen is ~200mm wide, but they get much larger. Most saltbushes we see have salt crystals appearing on their leaves. These are more like little bubbles with a point on one side. These are tiny water bladders, or "bladder cells". The more stressed they are the redder they get.
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