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| November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Aizoaceae (also placed in Mesembryanthemaceae) |
| Subfamily | Ruschioideae |
| Tribe | Ruschiae |
| Scientific name | Lampranthus spectabilis (Haworth) N. E. Brown |
| Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum spectabile Haworth |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) matsuba-giku (マツバギク, 松葉菊 [meaning: pine leaved aster]) |
| (English common name) trailing ice plant | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] South Africa | |
| Habitat | Roadside, seaside, rock walls |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants creeping. Flowers red, pink or white ca. 5-8cm across, flowering in all seasons (mainly in Spring to Summer). Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Lampranthus spectabilis (Haw.) N. E. Br. |
| Lampranthus spectabilis (Haw.) N.E. Br. | |
| Lampranthus spectabilis (Haw.) N.E.Br. | |
| Note | Naturalized plants. |
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| November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
