Trichodiadema intonsum

Trichodiadema intonsum (not to be confused with the yellow-flowered Trichodiadema introrsum) is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Trichodiadema intonsum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Core eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Aizoaceae
Genus:
Trichodiadema
Species:
T. intonsum
Binomial name
Trichodiadema intonsum
Schwantes

Description

A small, low, clumping shrub. The leaves are tipped with radiating bristles (diadems) that have dark cup cells at the base. These bristles come together to form a hard and extremely sharp point.

The solitary flowers are pink, on short stalks, and the base of the calyx is hairy.

The fruit capsule has five locules (not six like T. marlothii).[1][2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. I.M. Niesler (2017). Trichodiadema Ruschioideae. In: Hartmann H. (eds) Aizoaceae. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg


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