There are several other smaller vygie species in Sand Plain Fynbos, and they have a similar ability to store water in their leaves.
So many species are colourful like the long list of pelargoniums, vygies, and annuals which re-seed themselves.
The brightly coloured vygies add contrast to the blue and azure of the sea and the browns of the rocks.
Prince Albert has its own beautiful vygie that occurs only in this part of the world - the entire world population is found within a radius of about 5 km of Prince Albert.
There are a staggering 1700 leaf-succulent species, of which mesems or vygies are the best known.
Origin
1920s: from Afrikaans, from Dutch vyg 'fig' + the diminutive suffix -ie.