Ice Plant
by Robert Bales
Title
Ice Plant
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
A very beautiful pink flower found on the beach in California.
Iceplant is found on the California coast,
along roads, and in landscapes under
500 feet in elevation. The two species of
iceplant commonly seen in California occur
naturally only in South Africa. Known there
as fig marigold or Hottentot fig, its fruit is
dried or made into jams, and the gelatinous
juice inside its leaves has been used for
medicinal purposes.
What does it look like?
Iceplant is easily identified by its thick,
three-sided, spear-shaped, succulent
green leaves. Each spear is 4-5 inches long.
Iceplant is usually seen as a dense carpet
of green spears covering extensive areas.
The spring flowers are 2-6 inches across
and colored white, yellow, pink or deep
magenta.
Iceplant was originally brought to California
in the early 1900s for stabilizing soil along
railroad tracks; it was later used to hold
drifting sand,
to control
erosion,
and as an ornamental home garden plant. Thousands
of acres of iceplant were planted along
roads and highways and in freeway medians
as late as the 1970s.
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January 25th, 2012
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