Species Diascia appendiculata
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There aren’t any identifications of Diascia appendiculata.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Diascia:
Gk. di- = two; askion = wineskin, bladder, belly; referring to the two lateral corolla pouches.
Etymology of appendiculata:
From the Latin ‘appendic’ / ‘appendix’ meaning ‘attachment’; and the Latin ‘ulata’ / ‘ulatus’ meaning ‘adjectival suffix implying likeness’.
Scientific name:
Diascia appendiculata K. E. Steiner
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Bothalia 39(1): 15 (2009)
Synonym status:
Year published:
2009
Decumbent annual to 22 cm. Leaves oblong, mostly pinnatifid to pinnatisect. Flowers axillary, 2-saccate, reddish-lilac, with dark red or purplish centre with yellow sacs and stamen-bearing boss, limb 7.5--14 mm long, sacs very shallow, c. 0.5--0.7 mm long, stamens erect, glabrous, posterior filaments geniculate with a sterile branch to c. 1 mm long from the knee. Capsules ovate-falcate. Aug.--Sept., esp. after fire. Fynbos in alluvial sand, NW (Citrusdal to Piketberg).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Diascia appendiculata.
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