Carpobrotus mellei

Carpobrotus mellei (commonly known as mountain sourfig, Berg suurvy) is a succulent perennial of the family Aizoaceae, native to the inland mountain ranges of the Western Cape, South Africa.

The leaves are usually a glaucous green, sometimes reddish along the leaf's edges or angles.

The leaves are also somewhat flattened laterally, causing them to form an isosceles triangle in cross-section.

[1] Carpobrotus mellei can be distinguished from other similar species in the genus, by a combination of its very long stigmas (usually rising above the stamens), its barrel-shaped or turbiniform receptacle, and by its higher altitude sandstone mountain habitat.

Its fruits are edible and are grazed by tortoises and other southern African animals.

The stigmas in the centre of the C. mellei flower are very long, rising above the surrounding stamens.
Carpobrotus mellei is adapted to the high sandstone mountains of the southern Cape, South Africa