Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Nemesia pubescens Benth. |
Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 22 (1836) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Free State |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 600-1500m |
Description | leaves opposite, ovate, obtuse, at base broad, membranous, thinly pubescent or subglabrous, serrate, shortly petiolate, flowers axillary, arranged in leafy raceme, calyx hispid |
Size | 7-35cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Nemesia minutiflora Pilg. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, OFS Free State) |