Meanings
plural noon-flowers
- Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
The thick-leaved noon-flower that swings from chalk cliffs and creek banks in the auriferous country is a delectable salad.
1891 December 19, The Argus, page 4, column 23 more examples
[…] australe, Rounded Noon-flower (or Rounded Pigface), are clearly shown in Pl. 175. […] Noonflowers grow well in rockeries, especially close to the sea
1973, Gordon Ross Cochrane, Flowers and Plants of Victoria, page 182The superficially similar mostly coastal native Disphyma crassifolia (L.) L. Bolus, Rounded Noon Flower, differs in having a dehiscent capsular fruit.
1995, Roger Spencer, Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia: Flowering Plants, page 186Species name: Disphyma crassifolium subspecies clavellatum Noon-flower is an Australian native plant that is succulent. A. Pretty much every part of Noon-flower is edible.
2021, Catherine Clowes, Rachel Gyan, Plantastic!: A to Z of Australian Plants, page 34
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