What I find intriguing in this little annual, is the way the flowers open and rearrange their petals.
The flowers appear in October, are pink with a white or straw-coloured base and may be up to 2.5 cm in diameter.
The plants are up to 10 cm tall and 15 cm in diameter; the leaves are club-shaped, bright green but turning reddish when the flowers start appearing.
In the Tanqua Karoo and Little Karoo the species is locally abundant in disturbed places (usually in quartz).
Halo Frans, Ek gaan elke naweek Gamka Wes toe en die jaar het die Mesembryanthumum Subtruncatum nog nie eers begin groei nie. Daar is geen teken van die plante nie.
Groete, George.