Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia lilacina Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Hemimerideae |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1800-2200m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate, dentate, 2-4cm long, bright green, densely glandular-pilose, flowers ca. 1cm across, in axils of foliose bracts |
Size | 2-20cm |
Color | lilac-pink |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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