Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia stachyoides Schltr. ex Hiern trib. Hemimerideae |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds. ] 4(2): 160 (1904) |
Native Range | ne. Cape Prov. to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1900-2000m |
Description | leaves broadly ovate, often wider than longer, densely glandular-pilose, shallowly dentate, 1-2cm long, flowers 15-20mm across, in axils of orbiculate bracts |
Size | 15-45cm |
Color | dark pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Diascia flanaganii Hiern |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho) |