Slender-leaved iceplant

Cryophytum nodiflorum (Linnaeus) L. Bolus; Gasoul nodiflorum (Linnaeus) Rothmaler

Plants annual. Stems prostrate to ascending, branched from base, 15-20 cm, sessile. Leaves: blade ± terete, linear, 1-2 cm. Inflorescences axillary, flowers solitary, sessile or petiolate; bracts absent. Flowers 4-5 mm diam.; hypanthium obconic; calyx lobes 5, equal; petals 20, connate, white, aging yellow; stamens 10. Capsules finely papillate. Seeds 100, smooth to minutely tuberculate. 2n = 36.

Flowering spring-fall. Coastal bluffs, margins of saline wetlands; 0-100 m; introduced; Calif., N.J.; Mexico (Baja California); Europe (Mediterranean); Asia; Atlantic Islands; Australia.