Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia cordata N.E.Br. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2700m |
Description | glabrous, leaves opposite, ovate, obtuse, on base cordate or truncate, sharply serrate, green, shortly petiolate, racemes terminal, slender, to 20cm long, corolla 15-20mm across |
Size | 5-50cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 (Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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