| Scientific Name: | Diascia x hybrida |
| Common Name: | diascia, twinspur |
| Family Name: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Crenate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, most ovate, 2-3cm long x 1-2cm wide, margin serrate; flower bilateral with two nectar tubes protruding out the back (hence the name 'twinspur'). | |