European Honey Bee

Description:

Succulent leaves are 3.5–10 cm long and 9–15 mm wide, straight or slightly curved. Flowers are 3.2-6 cm wide, and light purple. The fruit is 2–3 cm long, 1.6–2.4 cm wide, red to purple. (Wikipedia)Carpobrotus glaucescens

Habitat:

Low succulent coastal ground cover native to Temperate Eastern Australia (Wikipedia)

Notes:

This plant is a year round inhabitant of miles of sand dunes behind the beaches and used by Dune Care to assist in anchoring the sand. Image includes European Honey bee (Apis mellifera) which are regular visitors to the flowers of the Pig Face around here. The spotting is included as there is a note (see links) that scientists are trying to discover which natives and other plants the bees are visiting.