Diascia pachyceras E.Mey. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Diascia

Characteristics

An annual herb, erect or ascending, very nearly glabrous, 76-203 mm [as '3-8 in.'] high, branched at the base or nearly simple; stem and branches striate, terete; radical leaves rosulate, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, attenuate at the base, more or less deeply pinnatifid, glabrous, 0.5-1.5 in. long, 0.125-0.334 in. broad; teeth or lobes ovate or oblong, obtuse; petioles 0.25-0.75 in. long, dilated towards the base; upper leaves alternate or fasciculate, often distant; peduncles axillary or subradical or subfasciculate and subterminal, slender, 1-flowered, 25-76 mm [as '1-3 in.'] long; flowers nodding, large, about 0.75 in. in diam.; calyx-segments ovate, acuminate at the apex, broad and overlapping near the base, 0.125-0.167 in. long, ciliolate with very short whitish hairs; corolla slightly puberulous outside, about 0.5 in. long and 0.67-0.75 in. broad, with two wide pouches (about 0.1 in. long and and broad) at the base; stamens all fertile; two lower filaments dilated and incurved at the middle; young capsules obliquely ovoid, short.
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Annual, up to 320 mm tall. Leaves elliptic to obovate, pinnatifid or pinnatisect. Flowers with lanceolate-acuminate calyx lobes, corolla greyish to deep magenta, limb 12.5-26.5 mm long, tube with small yellow spot below each upper lobe and 3 larger yellow patches in tube at base of lower lobe, sacs ± 2.5-4 mm long, curving upwards, filaments erect, densely pubescent with dark purple trichomes, posterior ones bent backwards towards upper lip. Capsule 5.6-8.5 mm long, ovoid to oblong-ovoid.
Annual to 32 cm. Leaves elliptic to obovate, pinnatifid or pinnatisect. Flowers axillary, 2-saccate, greyish magenta with dark centre, yellow stamen-bearing boss and a small, yellow spot below each upper corolla lobe and 3 larger spots at base of lower corolla lobe, limb 12.5-26.5 mm long, sacs ± 2.5-4.0 mm long, greyish magenta. Capsules 6.0-8.5 × 2-3 mm, ovate to oblong-ovate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.32
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Images

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Distribution

Diascia pachyceras world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:801928-1
WFO ID wfo-0000644737
COL ID 6CRHC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Diascia pachyceras