Aptenia Cordifolia

Taxonomy:       

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophytes Class: Angiosperms Class: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Aizoaceae Genus: Aptenia Species: A.Cordifolia

             

How to identify it?

Aptenia cordifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant with shiny, succulent, thick and green leaves that can be heart-shaped, native to South Africa, belonging to the Aizoaceae family. It is found in abundance in Algeria and the Mediterranean region. A creeping plant with forked stems, low height that does not require much water, its flowers are pink to red.

 

Type Of Plant	Life Cycle	Height	Flowering Time	Altitude
Herbaceous	Perennial	5  to 25 c m	Feb to Sep	0 - ? m

 

Mediterranean	Edible	Color	Abundance	Toxicity
Yes	Yes	Red/Purple/Pink	Very common	No

 Other Common Name:

Arabic	Berber/Targui	English	French	Other Name
Kater E-nnada		Ice Plant	Apténie  cordée	Baby sun rose

 

Related species:

§  Aptenia  geniculiflora

§  Aptenia  haeckeliana

§  Aptenia lancifolia