''Carpanthea'', called vetkousie, is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family

Aizoaceae The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is d ...

, native to the southwest of the

Cape Province The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( af, Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequen ...

of South Africa. Low-lying succulent annuals, their flowers and fruit are edible.

Species

Currently accepted species include: *'' Carpanthea calendulacea'' (Haw.) L.Bolus *'' Carpanthea pomeridiana'' (L.) N.E.Br.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15709643 Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Taxa named by N. E. Brown