Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia lilacina Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Hemimerideae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 312 (1983) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
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 | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |