Lampranthus multiradiatus (Ice Plant)

Native to the southern Cape region of South Africa, this succulent subshrub has upright or spreading stems that can root at their lower joints. Its narrow, fleshy leaves have pointed tips, a keel and small surface dots. White or purple flowers, about two inches across, have numerous slender segments surrounding the stamens. It is cultivated as an ornamental and has become naturalized in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. Photographed in Bogotá, Colombia.