... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2017   Diastella divaricata subsp . montana is small, evergreen, ... mature. The leaf tip is pointed with a red dot on the tip. Diastella divaricata subsp . montana produces small, pink ... greyish or white, and is hardly seen on cultivated plants. Diastella divaricata subsp . montana is very similar to D. ...

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... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2017 Diastella parilis is a small, evergreen shrublet, that grows ... or trifid-callused apex, and 1–3 pink glandular teeth. Diastella parilis has small, terminal, sessile flowerheads, ... or white, which is released 1–2 months after flowering. Diastella parillis flowerheads are similar to those of D. ...

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Kirstenbosch NBG Victoria Wilman Kirstenbosch NBG July 2015 Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. meridiana is an erect shrub ... after a fire, depending on the occurrence of rainfall. Diastella As a garden shrub, Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. meridiana adds a continuous ...

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... spectacular flower heads. Plants making up the genus Diastella are of the protea family, but far from being robust ... flower, but they are in fact aggregates of many flowers. Diastella proteoides is a low growing, sprawling shrublet ... throughout the year, but mainly from July to February. Diastella proteoides  occurs on the Cape Flats from Tokai ...

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