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Diastella buekii

Diastella buekii in flower
Common names: Franschhoek silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

CREW Ismail Ebrahim CREW February 2009   Diastella buekii is a most attractive prostrate mat-forming ... is an egg-shaped nut released 1-2 months after flowering. Diastella buekii  occurs on low lying sandy flats with a ... impacted if the ground water levels become very low. Diastella Diastella buekii can be grown from seed, but ...

16 / 02 / 2009 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW
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Diastella divaricata subsp. divaricata

Diastella divaricata subsp. divaricata
Common names: Peninsula silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2017 Diastella divaricata subsp . divaricata is a small, ... reddish margin disappears when the leaves have matured. Diastella divaricata subsp . divaricata produces small, pink ... greyish or white, and is hardly seen on cultivated plants. Diastella divaricata subsp . divaricata is very similar to D. ...

01 / 05 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella divaricata subsp. montana

Diastella divaricata subsp. montana
Common names: mountain silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... 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. ...

22 / 05 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella fraterna

Diastella fraterna
Common names: Palmiet silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... Harold Porter National Botanical Garden November 2015 Diastella fraterna is a low, single-stemmed shrublet, up to ... It flowers almost all year round but mainly in summer. Diastella fraterna is confined to the lower slopes of the ... moist sites, such as seepage areas or along streamsides. Diastella fraterna is pollinated by insects. The seeds of ...

16 / 11 / 2015 | Nosiphelele Patricia Mapukata | Harold Porter NBG
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Diastella parilis

Diastella parilis
Common names: Worcester silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... 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. ...

06 / 02 / 2017 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella proteoides

Diastella proteoides: Photo Nigel Foreshaw
Common names: Flats' Silkypuff
Family: Proteaceae

... 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 ...

17 / 06 / 2002 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. meridiana

 Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. meridiana. Photo: Carina Lochner
Common names: Hangklip silkypuff (Eng.)
Family: Proteaceae

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 ...

07 / 07 / 2015 | Victoria Wilman | Kirstenbosch NBG
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