Latin name: Aptenia cordifolia (L.f.) N.E. Br.
  Pronunciation: ap-TEE-nee-a kor-di-FO-lee-a

  Common name: Baby sun rose
  Family: Aizoaceae (Iceplant)
  Habitat: Disturbed places, margins of coastal
  wetlands, escape from cultivation, south coast,
  southern Channel Islands, native to S. Africa

  Blooming period: April to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Aptenia
  2) cordifolia
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