Key to Carpobrotus
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1. Flower 3–5 cm diam,
petals rose-magenta;
ovary chambers 6–8;
leaf 
Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).
4–7 cm, rounded-triangular in ×-section,
abaxial angle smooth
..... C. chilensis 1' Flower 8–10 cm diam, petals yellow (± white) aging pink; ovary chambers 7–14; leaf 6–10 cm, sharp-triangular in ×-section, abaxial angle
serrate 
Having margins with sharp, fine to coarse teeth generally pointing tipward, not outward; margins with such teeth on such primary teeth are doubly serrate.
near tip
..... C. edulis
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