Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Nemesia brevicalcarata Schltr. |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 174 (1899) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 400-1400m |
Description | leaves opposite, lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic, acute, cuneate, sparsely sharply dentate, glabrous, subsessile, 1-2cm, raceme lax, pedicels filiform, calyx glandular |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
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) |