Trichodiadema gracile

Trichodiadema gracile is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is common on dry, rocky hillsides in the Overberg region.

Trichodiadema gracile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Trichodiadema
Species:	T. gracile
Binomial name
Trichodiadema gracile L.Bolus

It occurs in the regions of Caledon, Bredasdorp, Potberg and Swellendam.

Description

The gracile stems and long internodes of T.gracile, with leaves that do not have the prominent Trichodiadema diadems

A small shrub, with several trailing stems (20 cm). The branches are gracile and spindly, with long, slender internodes (10–15 mm).

The leaves are papillate, and the orange leaf-tips have several slightly elongated bladder cells, extending at various levels. Therefore, although it has several elongated orange papillae at the leaf tip, this species is without the normal diadem that is typical for the genus.

The solitary flowers are pink to apricot, with a low central cone surrounded by purple filamentous staminodes that are as long as the stamens.^[1]