Carpobrutus muirii

Endemic to a narrow coastal strip of the southern Western Cape, South Africa, Carpobrotus muirii (dwarf sourfig) is a mat-forming succulent perennial of the Aizoaceae, rooting at the nodes as it spreads. Rather than a true bulb, it is a succulent with narrow, triangular, fleshy leaves only 4–6 mm thick, turning from red to yellow in summer under protective pigments. It flowers in spring, from September to November in its native range, bearing large, bright purplish-pink, many-petalled flowers followed by rounded, edible, fleshy fruit about 2.5 cm across. It needs well-drained, sandy soil and a sunny position, and tolerates drought and salt spray well.