Lampranthus glaucoides

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|taxon = Lampranthus glaucoides

|authority = (Haw.) N.E.Br.

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|Lampranthus aurantium|Schwantes, nom. superfl.

|Lampranthus aurantiacus|(DC.) Schwantes

|Lampranthus hurlingii|(L.Bolus) L.Bolus

|Lampranthus marcidulus|N.E.Br.

|Lampranthus matutinus|(L.Bolus) N.E.Br.

|Mesembryanthemum aurantiacum|DC., orth. var.

|Mesembryanthemum aurantium|Haw., nom. superfl.

|Mesembryanthemum flaccidum|L.Bolus, nom. illeg.

|Mesembryanthemum glaucoides|Haw.

|Mesembryanthemum hurlingii|L.Bolus

|Mesembryanthemum matutinum|L.Bolus

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Lampranthus glaucoides, synonyms including Lampranthus aurantiacus, known as the trailing iceplant (a name it shares with other members of its family Aizoaceae){{citation needed|date=January 2024}} and copper brightfig,{{Cite web |title=Copper Brightfig (Lampranthus glaucoides) |website=iNaturalist |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/495204 |access-date=2024-01-06 }} is a plant species in the genus Lampranthus native to South Africa and naturalized in gardens all around the world. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1795 as Mesembryanthemum glaucoides.

The orange color of the petals is due to the presence of the betaxanthin humilixanthin.Humilixanthin a new betaxanthin from Rivina humilis. Dieter Strack, Doris Schmitt, Hans Reznik, Wilhelm Boland, Lutz Grotjahn and Victor Wray, Phytochemistry, 1987, Volume 26, Issue 8, Pages 2285–2287, {{doi|10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84702-0}}

Lampranthus glaucoides (as Lampranthus aurantiacus) is included in the Tasmanian Fire Service's list of low flammability plants, indicating that it is suitable for growing within a building protection zone.{{cite web|last1=Chladil and Sheridan|first1=Mark and Jennifer|title=Fire retardant garden plants for the urban fringe and rural areas|url=http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/publications/1709%20Brochure.pdf|website=www.fire.tas.gov.au|publisher=Tasmanian Fire Research Fund}}