Lampranthus spectabilis is known as Trailing Ice Plant. Is variable, spreading, prostrate succulent with narrowly 3-angled to cylindrical, keeled, mid-green leaves, 5-8cm long, partly tinged red. Produces reddish-purple or, occasionally, white flowers, 5-7cm across, from summer to early autumn.
The genus name “Lampranthus” means “shining-flowers” in Latin, and the species of this genus have unusually large, bright flowers, of a range of colours (sometimes even bi-coloured), that usually appear in summer, and frequently cover the plants entirely.
