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Adromischus triflorus

Adromischus is a genus of diminutive plants in the Stonecrop Family (Crassulaceae), mostly found in South Africa. Their flowers are charming, but they only open a few at a time and are small enough that it is easy to miss them. More evident are their endlessly variable chubby leaves, often with attractive purple spotting. Adromischus triflorus comes from South Africa’s Little Karoo region, and its spatulate leaves vary considerably from one population to the next in their width and degree of spotting. The plant pictured is only a couple of inches tall (5 cm), and has leaves which are narrower, less spotted and more whitened than other forms of the species. The flower color in A. triflorus ranges from white to pink- or purple-tinged, and ours is at the purple end of the spectrum.

-Brian