Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Diascia integerrima E.Mey. ex Benth. trib. Hemimerideae |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 18 (1836) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, to 35mm long, grey-green, sometimes sparsely dentate, flowers ca 2cm across in long raceme, spurs apically incurved straight down |
Size | 15-90cm |
Color | reddish yellow |
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 |
Synonyms | Diascia moltenensis Hiern Nemesia hastata Benth. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |