Trichodiadema barbatum
Trichodiadema barbatum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
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A small, erect plant, sometimes partly decumbent, with slender, stick-like branches. The grey-green leaves are slightly triangular in cross-section, and have large bladder cells on their leaf-surface. Bristles (5-7) emerge from the dark tip of the leaf.
The solitary, bright purple flowers have petals with notched apices, small, pale filamentous staminodes, and yellow anthers.
The fruit capsule is 5-locular, like that of Trichodiadema burgeri, but unlike many other species in the genus.[4][5]
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References
- Z. Sukkulentenk. 2: 188 (1926)
- "Trichodiadema barbatum (L.) Schwantes". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Trichodiadema barbatum". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- I.M. Niesler (2017). Trichodiadema Ruschioideae. In: Hartmann H. (eds) Aizoaceae. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg: 341
- H.E.K. Hartmann and I.M. Niesler. (2013). A new morphological study of the genus Trichodiadema (Aizoaceae) permits the description of a new subgenus, t. subg. Gemiclausa. Bradleya 31:58-75.
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