Carpobrotus aequilaterus

Stems to c. 2 m long, 2–10 mm diam. Leaves 3.5–9 cm long, 5–12 mm thick, dull green or glaucous, sometimes slightly glossy, c. equilateral near the middle, faces flat or slightly convex, the keel smooth or denticulate toward apex. Flowers 3.5–8 cm diam.; pedicel 0.5–4 cm long; calyx tube turbinate, laterally compressed, sometimes keeled; sepals 5, the 2 longest mostly 1–5 cm long, sometimes with denticulate keels; petaloid staminodes c. 70–150, 10–35 mm long, in c. 3 series, light purple throughout, or pale near base, streaked brown (but not densely) when dry over the greater part; stamens c. 150–400, in 4–6 series; ovary slightly to distinctly convex on top; styles 7–11, free. Fruit obovoid to ellipsoid, distinctly 2-angled, 1.5–3 cm long. Flowers Sep.–Jan.(–Apr.).