Biology:Diascia vigilis

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Diascia

Diascia vigilis
Diascia vigilis Divara Pink in Botanischer Garten Muenster.jpg
At the Botanischer Garten Münster
Diascia vigilis inflorescence.jpg
Close-up of flower
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Diascia
Species:
D. vigilis
Binomial name
Diascia vigilis
Hilliard & B.L.Burtt[1]

Diascia vigilis, called the twinspur or elf spur, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Diascia, native to South Africa.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

References

  1. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 41: 313 (1983)
  2. "Diascia vigilis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:901943-1. 
  3. "Diascia vigilis twinspur". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/5765/Diascia-vigilis/Details. Retrieved 16 February 2021. "Other common names; ... elf spur. Synonyms; Diascia elegans, Diascia flanaganii" 

Wikidata ☰ Q12214449 entry