Trichodiadema aureum L.Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Aizoaceae > Ruschioideae > Trichodiadema

Characteristics

Leaves with an apical diadem of coloured, sclerotinized bristles. Erect to semi-erect shrublet to 13 cm, with tuberous roots, tuber to 9 cm long. Leaves dorsally rounded, with a diadem, 5-6 x ±3 mm. Flowers solitary, pedicels 2-8 mm long, petals golden-yellow, outside pale pink, filamentous staminodes pale, 31 mm diam. Fruits 5-locular.
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Perennial, caespitose, dwarf shrublet, up to 0.04 m high, roots fibrous, old stems rooting. Leaves trigonous, margins and keel with teeth, epidermis dotted, rough with sharp elevations, apex keeled. Flowers solitary, yellow. Capsules 5-locular, covering membranes a ledge, closing bodies absent, valve wings broad.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.04
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Trichodiadema aureum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0001294407
COL ID 58BZ4
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Synonyms

Trichodiadema aureum