Trichodiadema sp.
Trichodiadema is another of the many genera in the Aizoaceae, or Ice Plant Family, and it is characterized by small succulent leaves with a tuft of radiating hairs at the tip. The plant pictured was grown from seed from the northern part of South Africa's Little Karoo, and it may be a form of the widespread Trichodiadema densum, though we are not certain of this. It seems to be settling in happily in the new crevice garden at the Ruth Bancroft Garden.
-Brian
















