Diascia pentheri Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Diascia

Characteristics

A weak herb, in habit and size of flowers nearly resembling D. bergiana, stemless or somewhat branched at the base; lower leaves rosulate, ovate-elliptic or-oblong, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base into the petiole which is almost as long as the blade, slightly crenate or dentate on the margin, glabrous on both faces, rather thin, 0.34-0.67 in. long; stem-leaves smaller and shortly petiolate; pedicels axillary, filiform, glabrous, erect or ascending, 1.2-2 in. long; calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 0.125 in. long; corolla rosy; tube widely campanulate; lobes nearly equal, rounded; spurs 2, conical, obtuse, pendulous, 0.167 in. long; filaments subfiliform, glabrous; anthers 4, perfect, minute; style subfiliform, glabrous, about 0.04 in. long; capsules linear, glabrous, about 0.5 in. long, nearly 0.083 in. thick, crowned with the persistent filiform style; seeds rounded, brown, foveolate underneath.
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Growth support free-standing
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Distribution

Diascia pentheri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:801931-1
WFO ID wfo-0000644740
COL ID 6D3HD
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Synonyms

Diascia pentheri