Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia anastrepta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt trib. Hemimerideae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 312 (1983) |
Native Range | e. Cape Prov. to Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1800-3100m |
Description | stems rooting, leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, 25mm long, dentate, dark green, distinctly veined, flowers 2cm across, subpendent, in open raceme |
Size | 12-35cm |
Color | salmon pink |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |