Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia cordata N.E.Br. |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 151 (1895) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal and Free State |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2700m |
Description | glabrous, leaves opposite, ovate, obtuse, on base cordate or truncate, sharply serrate, green, shortly petiolate, racemes terminal, slender, to 20cm long, corolla 15-20mm across |
Size | 5-50cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |