Delosperma cooperi (Hook.f.) L.Bolus, 1927

Common names

🇫🇷 Délosperme de Cooper

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Delospermeae
Genus: Delosperma
Species: Delosperma cooperi

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The sole species of the genus Delosperma present in France. Widely used as an ornamental plant, which escapes and naturalizes quite easily.

Named after Thomas Cooper (1815-1913), a British horticulturist.

Photographs

img/delosperma-cooperi.webp — Delosperma cooperi

img/delosperma-cooperi-2.webp — Delosperma cooperi

img/delosperma-cooperi-3.webp — Delosperma cooperi

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 306). Biotope.