PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / LAMIALES / SCROPHULARIACEAE / HEMIMERIDEAE / DIASCIA / VIGILIS
Stoloniferous perennial herb, stems many from the crown, tufted, branching, up to c. 500 mm long c. 2 mm diam., decumbent or suberect, often straggling, nearly glabrous to sparsely glandular-pilose, the hairs patent. Leaves either glabrous or thinly glandular-pilose, mostly 15-50 x 10-35 mm (ratio 1-2:1), ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex subacute, base ± rounded, margins sharply serrate, petiole 2-10 mm long, glabrous or glandular-hairy. Flowers few to many in lax terminal racemes; bracts up to 12 x 10 mm, but mostly much smaller, ovate-lanceolate, very acute to shortly acuminate, thinly glandular-pilose; pedicels mostly 14-25 mm long, sharply ascending, thinly glandular-pilose, the hairs c. 0.5 mm long. Calyx segments spreading, lanceolate, two anticous segments 3.5-5 x 1.75-2 mm, three posticous ones slightly smaller, all green with spreading gland-tipped hairs outside. Corolla tube c. 5-6 mm long, scarcely invaginated, two lateral spurs c. (6-)7-9 mm long, curved out, down and slightly forward, with a patch of dark sessile glands within, limb c. 22-28 x 17-23 mm, anticous lobe elliptic-ovate, 10-13 x 11-15 mm, two lateral lobes subrotund or elliptic-oblong, 5-7 x 7-8.5 mm, two posticous lobes subrotund or elliptic-oblong, 4.5-7 x 4.5-6, all rose-pink, sparsely glandular-pilose outside, inside with a broad inverted V of dark sessile glands centrally placed on the raised palate, very rarely these glands wanting, the “window” concave, c. 1-1.5 mm deep, yellow and maroon. Stamens projecting forward; filaments 3 mm long, sparsely glandular-pubescent in the upper half, anthers 1-1.5 mm long, cohering strongly, pollen yellow. Ovary 1.5-2 x 1-1.25 mm, deltoid in outline; ovules many in each loculus; style c. 2 mm long, stigma capitate, emerging from the centre of the anthers. Capsules (6-)7-11 mm long, urceolate; seeds 1.25 mm long, curved, winged and ridged. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1984. A revision of Diascia section Racemosa. J. S. African Bot. 50: 269-340. [CC BY]
Perennial herb, up to 0.5 m high. Stems decumbent or suberect, stoloniferous, tufted branches from base. Leaves with blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 15-50 x 10-35 mm, apex subacute, base rounded, margins serrate, glabrous to glandular-hairy; petioles 2-10 mm long. Flowers: in lax racemes, 14-20 x 12-18 mm; pedicels with hairs at least 0.5 mm long; styles ± 2 mm long; calyx lobes spreading; spurs lateral, 6-9 mm long, curved out, down and slightly forward; corolla tube 5-6 mm long, rounded lobes, lobes mostly pale pink to salmon-coloured, dark gland dots cover mouth, window yellow and maroon; Nov.-Apr. From: Bester, SP; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Scrophulariaceae. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 755-793. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
In D. vigilis the calyx lies flat against the back of the corolla because the corolla tube is scarcely invaginated (it is bent in then out again, like a half-turned glove); in D. fetcaniensis the corolla tube is strongly invaginated, so that the calyx segments are reflexed. This distinction is not easy to detect in dried material unless the corollas have been carefully pressed, but the shape of the window differs in the two species and the filaments are glandular-pubescent in D. vigilis, not glandular-pilose. Diascia vigilis is frequently misidentified in herbaria as D. barberae, but that species can be distinguished by the two lateral patches of gland dots on the palate and the more deeply invaginated corolla tube, which forces the calyx segments to reflex. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1984. A revision of Diascia section Racemosa. J. S. African Bot. 50: 269-340. [CC BY]
At lower altitudes, D. vigilis may be found on damp banks on the edges of forest patches and in the shelter of large rocks along the margins of small mountain streams; at higher altitudes it grows in the shelter of moist cliffs, among big rocks. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1984. A revision of Diascia section Racemosa. J. S. African Bot. 50: 269-340. [CC BY]
Mesic Grassland. In closed shrubland, forest margins, and along streams in gravelly or rocky humus-rich soils; also frequently encountered along roadsides. From: Bester, SP; Retief, E; Meyer, NL. 2017. Scrophulariaceae. In: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 755-793. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Many of the collections of this species come from the much-visited valley of the Tugela river and its tributaries below the Ampitheatre and from the path leading past the Sentinel to Mont-aux-Sources, but there are also several records from the Cathedral Peak area further south, and one from Leribe in western Lesotho. There are also two records from Platberg, the great basalt-capped mountain lying on top of the low Drakensberg at Harrismith in the north eastern Orange Free State, just north of Mont-aux-Sources and the high Drakensberg massif. From: Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OM. 1984. A revision of Diascia section Racemosa. J. S. African Bot. 50: 269-340. [CC BY]
November to April
1800 to 2440 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Lamiales
FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
TRIBE Hemimerideae
GENUS Diascia
SPECIES vigilis
49 results for Diascia vigilis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Year
Barcode: PRE0484328-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1536 | 1976-3-4
South Africa, Free State, Mont Aux Sources; Slopes of the pudding.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469022-0 Collector(s) & number: Matthews, GC, 759 | 1982-1-15
South Africa, Free State, Mont Aux Sources area between the Sentinel and chain ladders alongside path.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469050-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 14451 | 1981-3-23
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park. Tugela Gorge path.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0164838-0 Collector(s) & number: Allsop, M, 39 | 1920-4-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, MONT AUX SOURCES; ON MT. SLOPES
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0723456-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 14450 | 1981-3-23
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ROYAL NATAL N. PARK; TUGELA GORGE PATH
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469048-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, K, 3079 | 1996-2-7
South Africa, Free State, Common at base of Sentinel, ca. 200 m from chain ladder.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469051-0 Collector(s) & number: Thode, J, 8195 | 1891-1-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mponjwane.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469021-0 Collector(s) & number: McMurtry, DM, 1966 | 1977-1-22
South Africa, Free State, Drakensberg, Mont Aux Sources, Spur east of Three Witches and north west of Sentinel.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0278023-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 3511 | 2000-2-9
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Bethlehem. Tugela Gorge, near entrance of Sentinel Gulley.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469028-2 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1536 | 1976-3-4
South Africa, Free State, Northwest slopes of the Pudding Mont Aux Sources.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469015-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 568 | 1984-1-25
South Africa, Free State, Just below chain ladder on trail to Sentinel.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0164837-0 Collector(s) & number: Doidge, EM, PRE 42013 | 1920-5-14
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, MONT AUX SOURCES
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469017-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 595 | 1984-2-8
South Africa, Free State, Royal Natal National Park, Sentinel Gully ca. 40 m west of Tugela River.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0234881-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 10175 | 1928-12-13
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, BERGVILLE DIST.; ROYAL NATAL NAT. PAR; DEVILSHOEK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469012-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, K, 876 | 1985-2-17
South Africa, Free State, Common above path between Sentinel and chain ladder at edges of shallow but steep W facing gulley, basalt derived soil ca. 40 m below top of escarpment.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469018-2 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1523 | 1976-3-3
South Africa, Free State, North slopes of the Sentinel near chain ladder, Montaux Sources.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0234762-0 Collector(s) & number: Dieterlen, A, 874 | 1913-2-
Lesotho, LERIBE; MALAVENENG
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0143697-0 Collector(s) & number: Dibakwane, D, 6084 | 2015-6-4
South Africa, Free State, Phuthaditjhaba Area, Sentinel Peak, on the Chain-ladder route before the Sentinel Car Park.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469024-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, K, 2482 | 1992-2-11
South Africa, Free State, Road to Sentinel, 6.0 km south of turnoff to Witzieshoek Mountain Resort.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0624994-0 Collector(s) & number: Matthews, GC, 748 | 1982-1-16
South Africa, Free State, MONT-AUX-SOURCES; NEXT TO ROAD BETWEEN THE PUDDING AND THE DOME
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0706221-0 Collector(s) & number: Paton, AG, 111A | 1986-4-15
South Africa, Free State, WITZIESHOEK; DAMP AREAS AMONG STONE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469020-0 Collector(s) & number: van der Linde, AP, s.n. | 1976-12-28
South Africa, Free State,
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0706223-0 Collector(s) & number: Paton, AG, 111 | 1985-11-15
South Africa, Free State, WITZIESHOEK; DAMP, SHELTERED NEAR STREAM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0163421-0 Collector(s) & number: Liebenberg, LCC, 8154 | 1970-4-1
South Africa, Free State, WITZIESHOEK BANTU RE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0164836-0 Collector(s) & number: Killick, DJB, 1651 | 1952-1-30
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, BERGVILLE DIST.; CATHEDRAL PEAK FOR.; NDEDEMA RIVER VALEY
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0163437-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 21675 | 1953-7-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, DRAKENSBERG; BERGVILLE DIST.; MT. WENI AREA ROCKY KLOOF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0119287-0 Collector(s) & number: Greene, TR, 960 | 1997-2-10
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Sani Pass, growing on the side of the road just before the summit of the pass.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0725655-0 Collector(s) & number: Stewart, J, 2244 | 1982-2-2
South Africa, Free State, WITSIES HOEK; FOOTPATH FROM CARPARK TO BASE OF SENTINEL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0469278-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 8656 | 1975-12-27
South Africa, Free State, WITSIESHOEK; RD. TO SENTINEL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0642199-0 Collector(s) & number: Van der Zeyde, A, 176 | 1977--
South Africa, Free State, WITZIESHOEK; EINDE VAN BERGPAD
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469049-0 Collector(s) & number: Matthews, GC, 748 | 1982-1-16
South Africa, Free State, The Mont Aux Sources area. Next to road between the Pudding and the Dome.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469010-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, K, 1473 | 1987-2-18
South Africa, Free State, 600 mm in dry portion of Mlambonja stream belt, basalt derived sandy soil, path to Neptune's Pools, Cathedral Peak Area.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469018-1 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1523 | 1976-3-3
South Africa, Free State, North slopes of the Sentinel near chain ladder, Montaux Sources.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469016-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 597 | 1984-2-8
South Africa, Free State, Royal Natal National Park, Tugela Gorge path, ca. 10 m below where trail crosses stream, ca. 1 km north of Sentinel Gully.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469023-0 Collector(s) & number: Matthews, GC, 747 | 1982-1-15
South Africa, Free State, The Pudding halfway on north wet slopes Mont Aux Sources.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0862179-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 11574 | 2013-2-22
South Africa, Free State, Qua-Qua. Witzieshoek Pass, 10 km SSE of Tseseng Village, last hairpin bend in road before Sentinel base station. Farm: Witzieshoek 1815. 28°43'26.7"S 28°53'22.4"E.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469011-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, K, 1474 | 1987-2-18
South Africa, Free State, Mlambonja River with roots in the water, coarse basalt derived sands, Trail to Neptune's Pools, Cathedral Peak Area.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0087193-0 Collector(s) & number: Hardy, S, 1 | 1984-10-27
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park, Vemvaan.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0636567-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 16285 | 1983-1-8
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, BERGVILLE DIST.; CATHEDRAL PEAK FR.; TRIBUTARY OF TSEKETSEKE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0100455-0 Collector(s) & number: Abbott, ATD, 3425 | 1987-1-5
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Giant's Castle Game Reserve. Bannerman Hut.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0163422-0 Collector(s) & number: Bayer, AJW, 124 | 1926-2-16
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, MONT AUX SOURCES DIS; PASTURES IN NAT. PARK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0484334-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1523 | 1976-3-3
South Africa, Free State, MONT AUX SOURCES; SENTINEL; NR. CHAIN LADDER
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469028-1 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1536 | 1976-3-4
South Africa, Free State, Northwest slopes of the Pudding Mont Aux Sources.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0723445-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 14440 | 1981-3-22
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, ROYAL NATAL N. PARK; DEVIL'S HOEK VALLEY
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469052-0 Collector(s) & number: Thode, J, 6355 | 1895-12-
South Africa, Free State, Witzieshoek.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469013-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 562 | 1984-1-24
South Africa, Free State, Road to the Sentinel, 2.9 km north of parking area at beginning of Sentinel trail.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0860690-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 10989 | 2012-1-14
South Africa, Free State, Witzieshoek District; ±1.8 km NNW of Sentinel Peak. 28°43'26.2"S 28°53'23.6"E.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1469014-0 Collector(s) & number: Steiner, KE, 563 | 1984-1-24
South Africa, Free State, Road to Sentinel,2.5 km north of parking area at beginning of Sentinel trail.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2017
SERIES CHAPTER
Scrophulariaceae Bester, SP; Retief, E; Meyer, NLIn: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 755-793
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1984
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
A revision of Diascia section Racemosa Burtt, BL; Hilliard, OMJournal of South African Botany 50: 269-340
No results found for Diascia vigilis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Status and criteria
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Assessor(s)
Plantae Coordinator
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Venter, H.J.T., Dold, A.P., Verhoeven, R.L. and Ionta, G. 2006. Kappia lobulata (Periplocoideae, Apocynaceae), a new genus from South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 72:529-533
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Venter, H.J.T., Kotze, J.D.S. and Verhoeven, R.L. 1990. A taxonomic revision of Ectadium (Periplocaceae). South African Journal of Botany. 56:113-124
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Venter, H.J.T. and Venter, A.M. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Petopentia (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae). South African Journal of Botany. 88:425-431
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Venter, H.J.T. and Verhoeven, R.L. 1987. Raphionacme elsana (Periplocaceae), a new species from Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 53:177-179
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Venter, H.J.T. and Verhoeven, R.L. 1988. Raphionacme lobulata (Periplocaceae), a new species from the eastern Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 54:603-606
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Venter, H.J.T., Verhoeven, R.L. and Bruyns, P.V. 2009. Morphology and taxonomy of Mondia (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae). South African Journal of Botany. 75:456-465
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