Carpobrotus modestus

Stems to c. 50 cm long, 3–8 mm diam. Leaves 3–7 cm long, 4–9 mm thick, glaucous, often tinged pink, mostly slightly thicker than wide near the middle, faces flat to slightly convex, the keel smooth or crenulate near the apex. Flowers mostly c. 2 cm diam., subsessile; calyx tube oblong or slightly tapered to base, slightly compressed, acutely 2-angled toward base, slightly expanded near apex; sepals 5, rarely 4, the 2 longest 8–18 mm long, keels smooth; petaloid staminodes c. 45–60, 6–12 mm long, in 3 series, light purple merging to white at and near base, streaked brown close to the midline when dry; stamens c. 20–100, in 1–3 series; ovary flat on top; styles 6–10, united into a column for c. 0.5 mm at base. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid to obovoid, slightly compressed, weakly 2-angled, 1.5–2 cm long. Flowers mainly Sep.–Feb.