Not really sure what plant it is we saw here. It is the thick-leaved succulent grund cover not too unlike those found on the sand dunes along the eastern seaboard. We call this the pigface plant. It has the usual squishy, tube-like, blue-green leaves that poke up from the soil.
They are a very useful native plant - part of Bush Tucker food source for Aborigines. The fruits make an excellent jam or jelly, of course, but the leaves and flowers are edible too. Added to salads for a salty kick, or cooked as a salt substitute. And, much like aloe, another succulent, the juice from pig face leaves can help soothe bites, burns, and stings on your skin. You can also mix it with water as a gargle treatment for sore throats.
But its flower has me stumped. The coastal pigface flower is more like a daisy with a multitude on long thin petals, Only this one isn't, Grannysmith1947 took this photo after we placed a cache nearby in a tree. What do you think?
