Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a succulent, salt-tolerant flowering plant known for its glistening, bladder-like cells that give it a crystalline appearance and its use in ornamental gardening and halophyte research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mesembryanthemum crystallinum canonical | 3 |
| crystalline ice plant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2675716 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Context triple: [Aizoaceae, hasNotableSpecies, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum]
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A.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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B.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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C.
Drosera
Drosera is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as sundews, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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D.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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E.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Target entity description: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a succulent, salt-tolerant flowering plant known for its glistening, bladder-like cells that give it a crystalline appearance and its use in ornamental gardening and halophyte research.
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A.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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B.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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C.
Drosera
Drosera is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as sundews, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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D.
Silene
Silene is the legendary city or region traditionally depicted as the setting of the Saint George and the Dragon story in medieval Christian lore.
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E.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
halophyte
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plant species ⓘ succulent plant ⓘ |
| commonName |
common ice plant
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
crystalline ice plant
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| droughtTolerance | high ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact | can become invasive outside native range ⓘ |
| family | Aizoaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pinkish
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
spring
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summer ⓘ |
| genus | Mesembryanthemum ⓘ |
| growthForm |
succulent annual
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succulent biennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal areas
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saline soils ⓘ |
| introducedRange |
Australia
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean region
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| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafSurface |
covered with bladder cells
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glistening appearance ⓘ |
| leafType | fleshy leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | short-lived perennial in mild climates ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | full sun ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | crystalline appearance on leaves and stems ⓘ |
| nativeRange | South Africa ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| ornamentalUse |
coastal landscaping
ⓘ
groundcover ⓘ rock gardens ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway |
C3
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facultative CAM ⓘ |
| reproduction | by seed ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model for CAM induction
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model for halophyte biology ⓘ model for osmotic stress responses ⓘ model for salt stress tolerance ⓘ |
| salinityAdaptationMechanism |
ion sequestration in bladder cells
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osmolyte accumulation ⓘ |
| saltAccumulation | stores salt in bladder cells ⓘ |
| saltTolerance | high ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
sandy soils
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well-drained soils ⓘ |
| specializedCells | epidermal bladder cells ⓘ |
| stressResponse | switches from C3 to CAM under stress ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| waterStorage | succulent tissues ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Description of subject: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a succulent, salt-tolerant flowering plant known for its glistening, bladder-like cells that give it a crystalline appearance and its use in ornamental gardening and halophyte research.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
→
commonName
→
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
crystalline ice plant