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Long-leaf Pigface

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Scientific Name:Carpobrotus aff. rossii
Inland Pigface - leaf
Long-leaf Pigface - leaf
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to Australia.

Plant Description:
Perennial succulent with trailing stems up to 14 mm diameter. Pale blue-green leaves , up to 12 cm long and 13 mm thick, often incurved, smooth and triangular with more or less flat (slightly concave) faces and sharp angles.

Flowers to 5 cm diameter when open and of numerous purple 'petals' (actually sterile stamens, termed petaloid staminodes), which number 200-300. The fruit is fig-like, fleshy and indehiscent, slightly flattened and globular to ellipsoid in shape, at least 4 cm long and reddish-green when ripe. Flowers in spring .

Habitat:
Uncommon on rocky and deeper sandy soils in far north-west Victoria.  

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
MalleeS0, S1W0, W1

Comments:
Currently an undescribed species.

Similar to other Pigfaces (see Key to Pigfaces and similar plants). May be confused with Inland Pigface (Carpobrotus modestus) or Rounded Noon-flower (Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum) which can grow in the same habitats.



Inland Pigface - developing fruit
Long-leaf Pigface - developing fruit
Photo: A J Brown
Inland Pigface - leaves
Long-leaf Pigface - leaves
Photo: A J Brown

Inland Pigface - spent flower
Long-leaf Pigface - spent flowers
Photo: A J Brown

Inland Pigface - plant
Long-leaf Pigface - plant
Photo: A J Brown

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