Nemesia floribunda Lehm.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Nemesia

Characteristics

An erect herb, annual, glabrous below, somewhat pilose above, shining, pallid, branched from the base or nearly simple, 6-15 in. high; stem and branches tetragonous, smooth; upper internodes rather longer than the leaves; leaves opposite, ovate or oval or the uppermost sublanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, subtruncate at the sessile or subsessile base or the lower shortly petiolate, glabrous, moderately dentate or denticulate or subentire, 1/4-1 2/3 in. long, 1/24-2/3 in. broad; racemes rather lax, subcorymbose or oblong, several-or many-flowered, 1-5 in. long; bracts alternate, mostly smaller than the leaves, sessile; pedicels inserted in the axils of the bracts, 1/4-7/8 in. long, slender, shortly pilose; calyx-segments broadly linear or somewhat lanceolate, obtuse, puberulous, 1/10-1/6 in. long; corolla whitish; upper corolla-lobes oblong, rounded at the apex, 1/8-1/6 in. long; lower lip bilobed, 1/5-1/4 in. long; mouth closed; palate convex, shortly bearded; spur conical-prolonged, obtuse, nearly straight, sparingly pilose or nearly glabrous, 1/5 in. long; capsules obovate-oblong, rather obliquely ovoid at the base, broadly notched and not horned at the apex, each valve obliquely truncate at the apex, 1/3-3/8 in. long.
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Annual or possibly short-lived perennial. Stems to c. 30 cm tall, glabrous. Lvs glabrous; petioles 3-20 mm long. Lamina 1.5-6.5 × 1-2.5 cm, ovate, coarsely and irregularly serrate; base truncate, rounded or subcordate, with blade sometimes shortly attenuate; apex acute. Infl. sub-corymbose; bracts linear, mostly entire, the lowest distantly serrate. Pedicels slender, to 2 cm long, ± glandular. Sepals 3-4 mm long, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate; margins often ciliate. Corolla 8-11 mm long, white; spur c. 6-7 mm long, obtuse; upper lip with rounded lobes; lower lip slightly emarginate, broad; pouch yellow and composed of dense glandular puberulence. Capsule 10-12 × 6-8 mm, broadly urceolate-oblong; base rounded; valves diverging at an obtuse angle. Seed c. 1 mm long, fusiform; wing broad, suborbicular.
Annual herb, 0.15-0.38 m high. Stems branched from base or simple, few above, somewhat pilose in upper parts, shining pallid. Leaves sessile to subsessile; blade ovate or narrowly ovate, 6-43 x 1-17 mm, apex obtuse or rounded, base subtruncate, margins entire to dentate. Flowers: in many-flowered, lax, corymbose or oblong racemes, 25-128 mm long, shortly pilose; bracts distinctly denticulate; spur ± 5 mm long, extended conical, straight; corolla upper lobes oblong and rounded at apex, lower lip bilobed, 5.0-6.4 mm long, mouth closed, palate shortly haired, white, sometimes with purple streaks on upper lip; mostly Aug.-Dec. Fruit an obovate-oblong capsule, 8.5-9.6 mm long, base obliquely ovoid, widely notched not horned, valves obliquely truncate.
Annual herb, sometimes bushy, 60-370 mm high; stems mainly branched below, few above, somewhat pilose in upper parts. Leaves ovate or oval below to lanceolate above, ± obtuse, entire to dentate. Flowers in lax, ± corymbose or oblong racemes up to 120 mm long. Corolla white, sometimes with purple streaks on upper lip; upper lobes oblong, palate shortly haired. Spur ± 5 mm long, extended conical, ± straight. Flowering time mostly Aug.-Dec. Fruit of ± oblong, widely notched, 8-9 mm long capsules.
A herb. It grows 15-38 cm tall. The stems are branched from the base. The leaves are oval and 6-43 mm long by 1-17 mm wide. There can be teeth along the edge. The flowers occur as many in a loose group 2.5-12.8 cm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.38
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Nemesia floribunda world distribution map, present in Lesotho, New Zealand, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:806281-1
WFO ID wfo-0001137406
COL ID 467R4
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Synonyms

Nemesia floribunda