Carpobrotus rossii

(Haw.) Schwantes · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Carpobrotus

At a glance

Occurrence records5 698

Data sources6

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Carpobrotus rossii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 617 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System81 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS5 698 records

01Narrative

Carpobrotus rossii is a succulent coastal groundcover plant native to southern Australia. It is known by various common names, including karkalla, pig face, sea figGardening Australia - bush foods factsheet and beach bananas.The juicy side of a salty fruit : SBS Food C.rossii can be confused with rounded noon-flower Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum, which has also been erroneously called "karkalla" and "beach bananas" in the Australian native food trade.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology11

Fruit length19 mm

Fruit width19 mm

Leaf length52.5 mm

Leaf size785 mm²

Leaf width8.5 mm

Plant height0.1 m

Seed length1.43 mm

Seed mass0.212 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.212 mg · AusTraits: 0.224 mg · GIFT: 0.21 mg

Seed mass max0.21 mg

Seed mass min0.21 mg

Seed width0.955 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timeyynnnnyyyyyy

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear

Woodinesswoody

⚠ sources differ — TRY: woody · AusTraits: herbaceous · GIFT: non-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayCAM

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type5 698 records

Wild obs. + sensor5 036

Museum / vouchered659

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native2 784

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO10 652 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 2 275≤1 km 1 919≤10 km 411>10 km 55

4 660 georeferenced · 376 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor5 036

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy65% within 1 km

≤100 m 188≤1 km 237≤10 km 187>10 km 37

649 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence659

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living3

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	274
Hobart, AU	131
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	55
Canberra, AU	33
Brisbane, AU	30
Kensington, AU	14
Mount Annan, AU	9
QVMAGlocation not on record	5
Kew, GB	1
Honolulu, US	1
Rotorua, NZ	1
BGPAlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 555 of 659 vouchered records shown · 103 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Carpobrotus rossii

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction7

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment9

Physiology & chemistry2

Other traits1

Record type5 698 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 12 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type5 698 records