A perennial herb that grows about 1 m high. Its leaves are succulent, notched near the tips and up to 15 cm in length. Its drooping, tubular flowers are orange-red to scarlet, produced in a flat-topped cluster and appear mainly from winter into spring. Its fruits contain many seeds.

An Australian member of the portulaca family, it is a prostrate to erect, succulent perennial herb. Its flowering stems, usually leafy towards the base, may be up to 0.6 m long, while the flowers are bright pink with yellow centres. To grow and flower well it requires a hot, sunny situation. It thrives in poor sandy soil but also does well in garden situations with improved soils. It is frost and drought tolerant.

A prostrate, creeping succulent occurring naturally in sand dunes along the NSW and Qld coasts. It has long trailing stems, which root at nodes along the stems. From these, upright leafy branches appear. It has thick, fleshy, smooth leaves, triangular in cross-section and it forms a ground cover that can extend over a large area. Its flowers are large, striking, deep pink-purple and daisy-like and appear from October to January, however it can also sporadically flower throughout the year. Pigface prefers a well-drained position in either full-sun or part-shade and is extremely drought tolerant.

An attractive, grey-leaved plant occurring naturally in Central Australia to 0.3 m by 0.4 m wide. It is an ideal rockery subject but also does well in the open garden. It produces masses of pink flowers throughout the year. Tolerant of frosts, it is quite hardy and also appears to flourish in quite salty soils.