Small Purslane or Calandrinia eremaea is a small Australian native succulent found growing in all states of the country. Apart from the Pigface succulents that hug the coastlines of Australia there really isn’t much going on when it comes to native Australian succulents. Australia doesn’t have the big showy succulents that sit in our collections from Africa and Mexico but it does have a small number of succulents worth looking at.
I’ve started exploring them by buying a group of fourteen cuttings and small plants from an Australian native succulents seller. One of those plants is this little Calandrinia eremaea in the photographs below. As I learn more about them and gain more experience growing and propagating them I’ll add to this post.
Summary of Calandrinia eremaea
- Family: Montiaceae (previously placed in the Portulacaceae purslane family)
- Genus: Calandrinia
- Species: Calandrinia eremaea
- Common names: Small Purslane.
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