Hottentot-fig
The name derives from the native tribesmen of southern Africa who ate the fleshy fruit of this plant.
It is a low-growing spreading plant, never reaching a height greater than three or four inches. It has trailing stems that bear fleshy upward-growing leaves that are triangular in cross-section and are often red at the tip.
It has many-petalled daisy-like flowers that are magenta or yellow. These appear from May to August. The fruit is surrounded by five leaf-shaped lobes.