Diascia tanyceras E.Mey. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Diascia

Characteristics

Annual, up to 400 mm tall. Leaves, obovate to elliptic, irregularly toothed to divided. Flowers with ovate to falciform-ovate, acuminate calyx lobes, corolla greyish magenta, limb 14-24 mm long, tube below each upper lobe with a pair of yellow spots, spurs ± 18-25(-28) mm long, projecting and diverging backwards, filaments projecting forwards, ± straight, densely pubescent with dark purple trichomes. Capsule deltoid, 7-9 mm long, exceeding calyx.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Diascia tanyceras world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:801943-1
WFO ID wfo-0000644755
COL ID 6D39M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Diascia tanyceras