Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Nemesia pallida Hiern |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(2): 172 (1904) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 300-1000m |
Description | leaves opposite, linear, obtuse, mucronate, sessile, entire, flowers numerous in lax raceme, bracts lanceolate or ovate, calyx lobes lanceolate, obtuse |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |