Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia integerrima E.Mey. ex Benth. trib. Hemimerideae |
Synonyms | Diascia moltenensis Hiern |
Nemesia hastata Benth. | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, to 35mm long, grey-green, sometimes sparsely dentate, flowers ca 2cm across in long raceme, spurs apically incurved straight down |
Size | 15-90cm |
Color | reddish yellow |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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 , 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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