Aizoon pubescens (Galenia or Coastal Galenia) is a low-growing perennial herb in the family Aizoaceae.^[2][3] It is native to South Africa (Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces) and naturalised elsewhere.^[1][2]

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Aizoon pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Aizoon
Species:	A. pubescens
Binomial name
Aizoon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837)
Synonyms[1]
Galenia heterophylla Fenzl ex Sond. (1862) Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce (1916 publ. 1917) Galenia spathulata Fenzl ex Sond. (1862)

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The species is prostrate or decumbent, with ovate to spatulate leaves which are covered with hairs when young.^[2] The flowers are white with a slight pink tinge, and yellow with age.^[2] They are followed by capsules which contain shiny, black seeds, about 1 mm in length.^[2]

In Australia, the species is naturalised in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.^[4] In New South Wales, under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993, it is regarded as a noxious weed in the Liverpool Plains and Tamworth regions.^[2]

The species is disliked by some beekeepers. Although it produces nectar profusely and bees like it, the nectar makes honey taste slightly bitter.^{[citation needed]}