Marina Dunes Preserve

Scientific name:

Conicosia pugioniformis

Family: Fig Marigold (iceplant)

Blooms: May - Oct

Plant Height: < 30 cm

Habitat: Coastal bluffs & dunes

About: Much less common than Hottentot Fig or Sea Fig (Carpobrotus edulis & chilensis, see above) though still invasive. It has shiny, bright yellow flowers with linear petals, which are ciliate in the lower half. Leaves are linear, roundish in cross-section, up to 20 cm long

*For more information about the family of flowers please click here!