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noon-flower en · NOUN
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Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Species name: Disphyma crassifolium subspecies clavellatum Noon-flower is an Australian native plant that is succulent. A. Pretty much every part of Noon-flower is edible.
2021, Catherine Clowes, Rachel Gyan, Plantastic!: A to Z of Australian Plants, page 34:The thick-leaved noon-flower that swings from chalk cliffs and creek banks in the auriferous country is a delectable salad.
1891 December 19, The Argus, page 4, column 2:The superficially similar mostly coastal native Disphyma crassifolia (L.) L. Bolus, Rounded Noon Flower, differs in having a dehiscent capsular fruit.
1995, Roger Spencer, Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia: Flowering Plants, page 186:[…] australe, Rounded Noon-flower (or Rounded Pigface), are clearly shown in Pl. 175. […] Noonflowers grow well in rockeries, especially close to the sea
1973, Gordon Ross Cochrane, Flowers and Plants of Victoria, page 182:
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