Aizoaceae
Common iceplant
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Mesembryanthemum
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Common names
By language (20)
- Afrikaans
- Ysplantjie
- Arabic
- نبات الثلج, حشيشة البلور, حشيشة الثلج, ظهيرة بلورية, غاسول إفرنجي, غاسول افرنجي, غال
- arz
- نبات الثلج
- Catalan
- Herba de plata
- Chinese
- 冰叶日中花, 冰花
- Czech
- Kosmatec třpytivý
- Dutch
- Ijskruid, Ijsplantje
- English
- Common iceplant
- French
- Ficoïde glaciale
- frr
- Iskrüüs
- German
- Eiskraut, Eisblume, Sodapflanze
- Hebrew
- אהל הגבישים
- hsb
- Kristalowa połodnička
- Japanese
- アイスプラント, シオーナ, バラフ
- Korean
- 아이스플랜트
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ismiddagsblomst
- Russian
- Мезембриантемум хрустальный
- Spanish
- Escarchada, Escarchosa, Flor de la plata, Hierba de la plata, Hierba escarchada, Yerba de la plata, Yerba del rocio, Yerba del rocío
- Swedish
- Isört
- Ukrainian
- Mesembrianthemum crystallinum
Synonyms
- Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N.E.Br.
- Cryophytum nanum N.E.Br.
- Cryophytum parvum L.Bolus
- Gasoul crystallinum (L.) Rothm.
- Mesembryanthemum breve L.Bolus
- Mesembryanthemum glaciale Haw.
- Pentacoilanthus crystallinus (L.) Rappa & Camarrone
- Perapentacoilanthus crystallinus (L.) Rappa & Camarrone
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Yummifruitbat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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- Babies' toesMesembryanthemum cryptanthumAizoaceae
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- Soap ashbushMesembryanthemum junceumAizoaceae
- Shaggy woodfigMesembryanthemum tomentosumAizoaceae
- Mesembryanthemum brevicarpumAizoaceae
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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.