Nemesia pubescens Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Nemesia

Characteristics

Perennial, sometimes annual herb, up to 380 mm high; stems erect or ascending, sturdy, laxly much branched in inflorescence. Leaves opposite to alternate in floral area, ovate, obtuse or apiculate, floral ones acute, petiolate, dentate to serrate (sharper than in N. albiflora). Flowers in leaf axils or upper ones in leafy and bracteate, ± loose racemes; ± pilose or pubescent to glabrescent. Corolla white, throat yellow, lips small, upper lobes oblong, up to 4 mm long; Spur extended conical, up to 3 mm long. Fruit a capsule, up to 8 x 6 mm, widely ovate-oblong, slightly narrower below the truncate and emarginate apex. Flowering time July, Oct.
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A herb.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.38
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Charm (unspecified), Divination (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Nemesia pubescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:806323-1
WFO ID wfo-0001137440
COL ID 467SS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nemesia pubescens Nemesia minutiflora

Lower taxons

Nemesia pubescens var. glabrior