Highway Ice Plant (Carpobrotus edulis) This low-growing succulent shrub, a member of the Fig-Marigold plant family (Aizoaceae), is native to South Africa. It was introduced as an ornamental plant and ...

The last wildflowers of the season are the ice plants (Aizoaceae), which are known as vygies in South Africa. Situated close to the Umbrian town of Norcia in central Italy, the tiny village of ...