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Mesembryanthemum tigrinum Haw.
Observ. Mesembryanthemum 2: 164 164 1795
Family: AIZOACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Faucaria tigrina (Haw.) Schwantes
Z. Sukkulentenk. ii. 177 (1926).

Mesembryanthemum tigrinum (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
(Locality Grahamston) are very handsome plants with soft white teeth along the edges. They look like little alligator jaws. In the garden they slowly sucker growing in a circle larger and larger until they come up upon another plant making a unique carpet of plant completely covering the ground.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Faucaria tigrina (Haw.) Schwantes
Z. Sukkulentenk. ii. 177 (1926).
Synonymy: 4
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Shark's Jaws, Tiger Jaws

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Faucaria tigrina group



5760 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mesembryanthemum tigrinum (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Cactus Art
26197 carolina Carolina González
Mesembryanthemum tigrinum (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Carolina González

5758 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mesembryanthemum tigrinum (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
25531 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Faucaria aff. tigrina W. Fort Brown. (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

5762 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mesembryanthemum tigrinum (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Cactus Art
5763 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mesembryanthemum tigrinum (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Cactus Art

17004 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Fort Brown (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
16941 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mesembryanthemum tigrinum (Faucaria tigrina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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