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Purple Dewplant
Disphyma crassifolium
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Description:
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Facts:
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This rather attractive plants forms dense stands on cliff faces where its flowers can colour the whole cliff face. It outcompetes many native species in what are often very sensitive ecosystems it is a close relative of the Hottentot Fig another introduced species. |
Introduced: |
1936
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Origin:
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South
Africa
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Location:
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Near
the sea on cliffs in Cornwall, Scillies, E. Sussex, Suffolk, Wales,
Channel Isles
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Status:
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Increasing
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Problems:
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Comments:
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| Outcompetes native plants including some endangered species. | |||