| Trichodiadema densum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Trichodiadema |
| Species: | T. densum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichodiadema densum | |
Trichodiadema densum is a succulent flowering plant in the fig-marigold family Aizoaceae, native to the Willowmore region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
It is a small, dense, compact, clumping shrub. The leaves are packed densely along the stems (the internodes are scarcely visible) and each leaf is tipped with a diadem of ca. 20 white radiating bristles.
The flowers are reddish in colour, with filamentous staminodes at the centre.
The pale fruit capsule has six locules (not five like T. burgeri ), each with very well developed covering membranes.
This species very closely resembles Trichodiadema burgeri , which is more elongated and has five locules. [1] [2]
Trichodiadema densum has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3]
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs.
Trichodiadema is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae.
Trichodiadema bulbosum is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to South Africa.
Trichodiadema marlothii is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is known from the Robertson and Swellendam areas.
Trichodiadema intonsum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Trichodiadema mirabile is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is known from the Laingsburg area and especially from south-facing slopes.
Trichodiadema burgeri is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is known from the Ladismith and Oudtshoorn regions, extending southwards towards Mossel Bay.
Trichodiadema attonsum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is common among pale quartzite rocks in the western Little Karoo region. Unlike most other species in its genus, it does not have a typical diadem on its leaf-tips.
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Trichodiadema calvatum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is found in shales, in open rocky areas within Renosterveld vegetation.
Trichodiadema occidentale is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it grows in rocky shale or limestone hills in the Overberg region, and especially in disturbed areas.
Trichodiadema pygmaeum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is found in fine-grained soils in the regions of Bredasdorp and Swellendam.
Trichodiadema hallii is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Ladismith and Calitzdorp areas of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Trichodiadema strumosum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is found in loam-based soils in the Fynbos vegetation of the Swellendam region.
Trichodiadema barbatum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Trichodiadema introrsum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It occurs in the vicinity of the towns of Bedford, Grahamstown and Kirkwood.
Trichodiadema setuliferum is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Karoo regions of the Cape Provinces, South Africa.
Trichodiadema pomeridianum is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, widespread in the arid central Karoo regions of South Africa.
Trichodiadema orientale is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, widespread in the arid areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Trichodiadema rogersiae is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, indigenous to arid areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
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