Nemesia rupicola Hilliard

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Nemesia

Characteristics

Herba ramosa, fortasse breviter perennis, c.30-75 cm alta, glandulis subsessilibus in petiolis pedicellis caulibus juvenilibus calycis lobis exceptis glabra. Caules quadrangulares, partibus veteribus tantum lignosis, crebre foliati. Folia opposita, patentia; lamina plerumque 20-45 x 10-20 mm, late lanceolata vel ovata, marginibus grosse et acute dentata, apice acuta, basi late cuneata, petiolo c.5-15 mm longo sursum decrescente, foliis summis interdum subsessilibus. Racemi terminales saepe paniculati, multiflori, floribus plerumque duobus interdum pluribus approximatis. Bracteae inferiores foliaceae, sursum celeriter decrescentes. Pedicelli c.10-20 mm longi, filiformes. Calycis lobi lineares vel anguste elliptici, 3 postici anthesi (2.5-)3-3.5 x 0.5-0.75 mm, 2 antici paulo breviores latioresque, omnes sub fructu paulo elongati. Corollae tubus c.2 mm longus in calcar (2-)2.5-3(-4)mm longum productus, bullis in hypochilo ad orem calcaris nullis; labium posticum c.6-9 mm longum, lobis lateralibus 2 oblongis c.4 x 2.5 mm, lobo mediano c.5 x 3 mm in lobulos 2 oblongos 4.5 x 1.5 mm alte fisso, vel album vel pallide roseum vel laete violaceum, venis purpureis, area mediana lutea ad basin labii praeditum; labium anticum uti posticum coloratum, c.6-11 x 7-9 mm, leviter emarginatum, undulatum, medio in palatum convexum longitudinaliter sulcatum luteum dense papillosum elevatum, papillis in fundum tubi et in calcar extensis. Stamina erecta; filamenta antica c.2.5 mm longa basi circum postica 1.5 mm longa torta; antherae c.0-5 mm longae. Ovarium 1.5 x 1 mm; stylus 0.5 mm longus; stigma truncatum. Capsula (5-)7-12 x 4-7 mm, angulo apicali c.30°; semina 1.5 x 0.5 mm, elliptica, testa verrucosa, alis marginalibus semini aequilatis.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.75 m high. Stems well branched from woody base; glandular-hairy. Leaves opposite; blade narrowly ovate to ovate, 20-45 x 10-20 mm, margins coarsely dentate. Flowers: often clustered; spur up to 3.5 mm long; calyx with lobes linear to narrowly elliptic, posticous lobes mostly 3.0-3.5 mm long at anthesis, tube ± 2 mm long; corolla white, pink or light violet, palate yellow, without bosses at mouth of spur; spur linear, 2-4 mm long, ± parallel to pedicel; Nov.-Apr. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, 5-12 x 4-7 mm.
Perennial herb, up to 0.75 m high, glandular hairy. Leaves opposite, lamina 20-45 x 10-20 mrn, broadly lanceolate to ovate, margin coarsely dentate. Calyx lobes linear to narrowly elliptic, posticous calyx lobes mostly 3.0-3.5 mm long at anthesis. Flowers often clustered, white, pink or light violet, palate yellow.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75
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Environment

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

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930730-1
WFO ID wfo-0000381329
COL ID 467T2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nemesia rupicola