Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Nemesia bodkinii Bolus |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2502 (1897) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1300m |
Description | glabrous, leaves opposite, lanceolate to ovate, acute, at base decurrent or cuneate, raceme terminal, short, few flowered, lax, sepals lanceolate, glandular-hirsute |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | blackish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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) |