Trichodiadema pomeridianum ("Perde vygie") is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, widespread in the arid central Karoo regions of South Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Trichodiadema |
| Species: | T. pomeridianum
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| Trichodiadema pomeridianum | |
Description
editIt grows as a loosely branching semi-erect shrublet up to 30 cm high. The internodes are long, and rough from minute white papillae.
The leaves are ca. 15 mm long and ca. 2 mm wide. The leaf surfaces are densely covered in bladder cells that do not have papillae (except at the basal leaf margins). The leaf tips have simple diadems of 3-8 yellow bristles, radiating from similarly yellow cup cells.
The petals are pink-to-purple in colour, and born in two series.
This species is easily confused with T. setuliferum, which however has much longer leaves (reaching 24mm).[1] [2]
References
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- ^ Hartmann, H.E.K.; Niesler, I.M. (2013). "A new morphological study of the genus Trichodiadema (Aizoaceae) permits the description of a new subgenus, T. subg. Gemiclausa". Bradleya. 31 (31): 58–75. doi:10.25223/brad.n31.2013.a9. S2CID 89743988.
- ^ Hartmann, H.E.K (2017). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae F-Z. Springer-Verlag.
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