| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Nemesia caerulea Hiern |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1200-3200m |
| Description | stems simple, basally leafy, leaves opposite, dentate, sessile, flowers 8-10mm long, hirsute, with white eye, in terminal cyme, spur 2-3mm long |
| Size | 10-60cm |
| Color | blue, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SCROPHULARIACEAE
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