Disphyma crassifolium (Purple Dewplant)
Summary
Ecology
This procumbent, succulent, semi-woody perennial is often grown in gardens in mild, coastal areas and has become well naturalised on walls, cliffs and sandy places near the sea. In Jersey, it also grows under conifers and in a salt marsh. Elsewhere, it occurs as a wool shoddy casual. Although viable seed is produced, reproduction in Britain is from the rooting of detached stem fragments. Lowland.
Status
Trends
This species, known to be in cultivation in Britain by 1727, was first recorded as naturalised in 1936 on Tresco, Isles of Scilly.
World Distribution
Native of Cape Province, S. Africa; similar (possibly conspecific) taxa occur in Australasia.
Maps
NBN Hectad Map
BSBI Hectad Map
BSBI Tetrad Map
New Atlas

Habitats
Broad Habitats
Supralittoral rock (does not include maritime grassland)
Supralittoral sediment (strandlines, shingle, coastal dunes)
Life Form
Distribution
Conservation Status
References
PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish plants. (.zip 1455KB) This dataset was compiled and published in 2004, and last updated in November 2008. Download includes an Excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a PDF explaining the background and nomenclature. Note that the PDF version is the booklet as published, whereas the Excel spreadsheet incorporates subsequent corrections.
A hardcopy can be purchased from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
Atlas text references
. 1989. The Aizoaceae naturalised in the British Isles. Watsonia. 17:217-245.








