Lampranthus blandus (Haw.) Schwantes

Charming Noon Flower

Branches more or less erect, red. Leaves 3-angled, 3-4 cm long, about 3 mm wide with small dots. Flowers in 3s, pale pink-cerise.

S Africa (Cape)

Source: Spencer, R.; Thompson, A. (1997). Aizoaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Caryophyllanae
order      Caryophyllales
family       Aizoaceae
genus        Lampranthus N.E.Br.