Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia vigilis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Hemimerideae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 313 (1983) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal and Free State |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 1800-2440m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves ovate, 3-4cm long, dentate, subcarnose, bright green, densely hirsute, flowers to 3cm across, in compact raceme |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | bright pink |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |