Habitat: coast, roadside, sand

Dispersal: Seed, vegetative

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a creeping fleshy plant with spreading stems up to 2 m or more long.
  • its stems grow on or just below the surface and produce roots at their joints.
  • its fleshy leaves are stalkless and triangular in cross-section.
  • its large and showy yellow flowers (7-8.5 cm across) have numerous 'petals' are borne singly.
  • its fleshy fruit (2-3 cm across) turn yellowish to reddish-purple as they mature.

[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia]

 Images
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Image: P.B. Heenan © Landcare Research 2012
Image: P.B. Heenan © Landcare Research 2012
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Biosecurity New Zealand 2008: National Plant Pest Accord. MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, Wellington.
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Carpobrotus edulis (L.) L.Bolus]
Ministry for Primary Industries 23 Feb 2017: Unwanted Organisms Register. Version 02.01.02. https://www1.maf.govt.nz/uor