Diascia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Diascia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Diascia (to adorn, Greek, having regard to the attractive flowers). Scrophulariaceae. Low and slender herbs, mostly annual, one of which is recently grown in flower-gardens. Leaves usually opposite: fls. mostly violet or rose-color in general effect, in racemes or fascicles at the end of the st. or branches; calyx 5-parted or -lobed; corolla- tube very short or none; limb 2- lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobea, all the lobes being broad and flat, 2 of the fauces being projected into spurs ; stamens 4, didynamous; style filiform: fr. a globose or elongated dehiscent many-seeded caps. — Probably 25 or more species in S. Afr. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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