Nemesia albiflora N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Nemesia

Characteristics

An erect or ascending herb, 4-18 in. high, viscid-pubescent or woolly with long pallid hairs, loosely branched from the base upwards; root annual or perhaps perennial; stems and branches tetragonous, sulcate and striate, leafy; leaves opposite, ovate, obtuse or the upper subacute, rounded at or near the base or the lower abruptly wedge-shaped, pubescent or nearly glabrous, crenate-serrate or serrate-dentate, membranous, 1/2-2 in. long, 1/4-1 1/2 in. broad, the upper sessile, the lower shortly petiolate; petioles ranging up to 1/3 in. long; flowers axillary or the upper quasi-racemose, arranged in terminal several-or few-flowered leafy and bracteate racemes; peduncles and pedicels 1-flowered, slender, 1/3-2/3 in. long, axillary or bracteate at the base; bracts gradually smaller than the leaves; calyx-segments narrowly elliptical or sublinear, subacute or minutely apiculate, 1/10-1/5 in. long; corolla white with a few violet veins; lips 1/5-1/3 in. long; upper corolla-lobes oblong, obtuse; spur 1/8-1/6 in. long, narrow, obtuse, straight; lower lip obovate, rounded; palate glandular-pubescent, with two protuberances; capsules ovate-oblong, very broadly excised at the apex, not horned, unequal at the base, one side rounded, the other slightly narrowed towards the base, 1/4-1/3 in. long, 1/6-1/4 in. broad; seeds winged, 1/16 in. long and broad.
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Annual or short-lived perennial herb. Stems 0.45-0.75 m high, erect, straggling, laxly branched, woolly throughout. Leaves shortly petiolate below and sessile above; blade ovate, roughly serrate, hairy with long, soft, gland-tipped hairs; petioles 1-4 mm long. Flowers: solitary on long pedicels in upper leaf axils or arranged in racemes; stems, pedicels and calyx lobes clothed in similar hairs; spur narrow, extended conical, ± straight, 2.5-3.5 mm long; corolla white, mauve in throat, palate and tube floor yellow; Nov.-Feb. Fruit a capsule, 7-14 x (4-)5-7 mm, ovate-oblong to urceolate, obliquely truncate.
Annual or short-lived, perennial herb, up to 750 mm high; stems erect to straggling, laxly branched, most of plant woolly. Leaves petiolate below, ± sessile above; ovate, roughly serrate (more blunt than in N. pubescens). Flowers in upper leaf axils, or grouped in racemes. Bracts leaf-like, ± sessile. Corolla white, flushed pale pink or lilac, veins violet, palate and tube floor yellow; upper lobes oblong, palate papillate. Spur narrow, extended conical, ± straight, 2.5-3.5 mm long. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Fruit of long capsules, 15 x 7 mm, ovate-oblong to urceolate, obliquely truncate.
Straggling herb, up to 450 mm tall. Leaves ovate, coarsely serrate, almost sessile, hairy with long, soft gland-tipped hairs. Stems, pedicels and calyx lobes clothed in similar hairs. Inflorescence with flowers solitary on long pedicels in upper leaf axils. Capsules (3-)7-14 x (4-)5-7 mm. Flowers white, mauve in throat.
A herb. It grows 45-75 cm tall. The branches are straggling and woolly. The leaves 1.5-5 cm long and have rough teeth. The flowers are in the axils of leaves.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.75
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 21
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Images

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Distribution

Nemesia albiflora world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:806255-1
WFO ID wfo-0001137387
COL ID 746SK
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Nemesia albiflora Nemesia flanaganii