Aizoaceae
Coppery mesemb
Malephora crocea
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Malephora
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Vingerkanna
- Chinese
- 红花蔓舌草
- English
- Coppery mesemb, Copper vygie
Synonyms
- Crocanthus croceus (Jacq.) L.Bolus
- Hymenocyclus croceus (Jacq.) Schwantes
- Malephora crocea var. crocea
- Mesembryanthemum croceum Jacq.
- Mesembryanthemum glaucum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 104 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Keith Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Drew Baxter, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Louka Seitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Georg Pudack, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Luc Lagarde, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Schnucki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Madelina Rich, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.