Aizoaceae
Slenderleaf iceplant
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Mesembryanthemum
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Common names
By language (10)
- aeb
- غيسول
- Arabic
- سبيب عاري الأزهار, أزرَار الغاسول, غاسول, غَول, غَوْلان, مله, مُلّيح
- arz
- سبيب عارى الازهار
- English
- Slenderleaf iceplant
- Finnish
- Suppujääpäivikki, Keskipäivänkukka
- German
- Knotenblütige Mittagsblume
- Hebrew
- אהל מצוי
- Persian
- گل نیمروز
- Spanish
- Agazul, Aiguazul, Cañutillo, Gulluricos, Yerba del vidrio
- Swedish
- Gul isört
Synonyms
- Cryophytum cleistum L.Bolus
- Cryophytum nodiflorum (L.) L.Bolus
- Cryophytum rogersii L.Bolus
- Gasoul nodiflorum (L.) Rothm.
- Mesembryanthemum caducum Aiton
- Mesembryanthemum copticum L.
- Mesembryanthemum inornatum L.Bolus
- Mesembryanthemum paucandrum L.Bolus
- Psilocaulon caducum (Aiton) N.E.Br.
- Stigmatocarpum caducum (Aiton) L.Bolus
- Stigmatocarpum copticum (L.) L.Bolus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fuentes Medina Diego, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Fabreteste, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicole Heck, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joaquin Bonet Pazos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: flores pablo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magda Magda, 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.