Angled Pigface

Carpobrotus aequilaterus

(Haw.) N.E.Br. Species

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Botanical name
Carpobrotus aequilaterus
Also known as
Angled Pigface, Angular Pigface, Sea-Fig
Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Carpobrotus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Angled Pigface

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Carpobrotus aequilaterus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Carpobrotus aequilateralis Carpobrotus disparalis Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale var. decagynum Mesembryanthemum aequilaterum Mesembryanthemum edule var. aequilaterum Mesembryanthemum equilateratum Mesembryanthemum nigrescens

Others in Carpobrotus

Carpobrotus chilensis
Sea-Fig
Carpobrotus dimidiatus
Carpobrotus edulis
Kaffir Fig
Carpobrotus edulis subsp. parviflorus
Carpobrotus glaucescens
Angular Sea-Fig
Carpobrotus modestus
Carpobrotus rossii
Carpobrotus virescens

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