CAT-00078
Round-leaved pigface
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Disphyma
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Commonly found on samphire flats, saltmarsh margins, sea cliffs and dunes of coastal areas, and in saline areas inland.
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Leaf vegetable
- Latin name
- Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Round-leaved pigface
- Source URLs
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Disphyma%20crassifolium%20subsp.%20clavellatum | https://tuckerbush.com.au/plants/vegetable-plants/; https://tuckerbush.com.au/round-baby-pigface-disphyma-crassifolium-ssp-clavellatum/; https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A953044-1 Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗ Open source 4 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00078
- Mature width
- 1-2m
- Native range
- Occurs in southern Australia.
- Plant family
- Aizoaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Nursery-listed / regional edible
- Mature height
- 2-30cm
- Native states
- NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- After flowers
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Leaves
- Flowering season
- Can flower through the year when conditions suit.
- Brief description
- Low mat-forming succulent with rounded leaves.
- Drought tolerance
- High once established.
- Preparation notes
- Use identified succulent leaves or ripe fruit according to a species guide.
- Flower description
- Pink to purple, daisy-like flowers on the succulent stems.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Promising sunny groundcover with excellent drainage.
- Botanical description
- Shrub with prostrate branches. Leaves triquetrous, 5–50 (–70) mm long, 1–8 (–10) mm wide; keel rounded. Capsule obconical, 4–14 mm long, 5–12 mm wide; pedicels up to 10 cm long. See also Jessop (1986: 194) for S.A., Ross (1983: 99) for Qld, Jacobs & Highet (1990: 194–195) for N.S.W., Walsh (1996: 109–110) for Vic.
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Disphyma%20crassifolium%20subsp.%20clavellatum Open source ↗
- Fruit type and description
- Small succulent fruit; edible leaves can be harvested separately.
- Flora of Australia citation
- P.G. Kodela, J. Venning. Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Disphyma%20crassifolium%20subsp.%20clavellatum (accessed 2026-10-14). Copyright Commonwealth of Australia; CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). HTML formatting removed; species-level context added where noted. Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- 14/10/2026