Trichocaulon

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Trichocaulon (Greek, hair and stem; said to allude to the bristles that tip each tubercle on the st.). Asclepiadaceae. Perennial herbs, suitable probably for the warmhouse. Sts. low, thick, fleshy, many-angled, angles tuberculate; tubercles aculeate: fls. small, between the angles, usually solitary, very short-pedicelled; calyx 5-parted, segms. acute; corolla disk- shaped, deeply 5-cleft, lobes broadly ovate; disk double, short-stipitate, outer deeply 5-lobed, inner 5 ligulate lobes.—About 15 species, Trop. and S. Afr. T. pictum, N. E. Br. St. subglobose or cylindrical, oblong, very obtuse, 2-3 by about 2 in., irregularly tessellate-tuberculate, glabrous: fls. fascicled, erect, fascicles 2-4-fld.; sepals broad ovate; corolla not 1/2 in. diam., white marked with purple spots and numerous short lines, lobes broad deltoid-ovate, acute. S. Afr. B.M. 8579. T. Pillausii, N. E. Br. Plant 5-9 in. high, branching at base: sts. 1 1/4 – 2 1/4 in. diam., cylindrical, with many tuberculate angles, glaucous-green, glabrous, tubercles ending in stiff bristles: fls. in small clusters, between the angles, toward the top of the sts.; sepals ovate, very acuminate; corolla bright creamy yellow, glabrous and smooth outside, densely papillate on the inner face of lobes. S. Afr. Var. major, N. E. Br. Plant and fls. larger than the type. S. Afr. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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