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Nemesia Vent.

Nemesia (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae

Characteristics

Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Lvs opposite, mostly sessile or nearly so, entire or toothed. Fls axillary or in terminal racemes, occasionally solitary. Calyx usually of 5 free and equal sepals. Corolla 2-lipped; tube very short, saccate or forming a spur on anterior side; throat closed by a pouch at the base; upper lip 4-lobed; lower lip lobe emarginate or entire. Stamens 4, included, inserted at base of corolla tube; anthers 1-celled, usually cohering around stigma. Capsule laterally compressed, septicidally dehiscent with valves keeled and boat-shaped. Seeds numerous, fairly large, with a membranous wing.
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Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted in mouth of corolla tube, filaments of anterior pair usually bent round posterior pair at base; anthers usually cohering in parts, thecae confluent.
Corolla bilabiate; tube short, produced at front into sac or spur; posterior lip 4-lobed, anterior lip entire or emarginate with palate at base.
Flowers in terminal racemes at end of branches or solitary-axillary, bracteate, pedicellate, bracteoles absent.
Seeds numerous in one or two series, cylindrical-ellipsoid with entire or interrupted membranous wing.
Capsule laterally compressed, septicidal.
Annual or perennial herbs or undershrubs.
Leaves opposite, entire or toothed.
Ovary bilocular, ovules numerous.
Style filiform.
Calyx 5-lobed.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Nemesia unspecified picture

Distribution

Nemesia world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37848-1
WFO ID wfo-4000025560
COL ID 5YJ5
BDTFX ID 168409
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Nemesia Antirrhinum dentatum

Lower taxons

Nemesia hemiptera Nemesia glabriuscula Nemesia micrantha Nemesia umbonata Nemesia silvatica Nemesia rupicola Nemesia williamsonii Nemesia aurantia Nemesia suaveolens Nemesia acuminata Nemesia affinis Nemesia albiflora Nemesia anfracta Nemesia anisocarpa Nemesia azurea Nemesia barbata Nemesia bicornis Nemesia bodkinii Nemesia brevicalcarata Nemesia calcarata Nemesia cheiranthus Nemesia chrysolopha Nemesia caerulea Nemesia grandiflora Nemesia ionantha Nemesia karasbergensis Nemesia lanceolata Nemesia leipoldtii Nemesia ligulata Nemesia lilacina Nemesia linearis Nemesia lucida Nemesia macrocarpa Nemesia macroceras Nemesia maxii Nemesia melissifolia Nemesia pageae Nemesia pulchella Nemesia saccata Nemesia strumosa Nemesia versicolor Nemesia violiflora Nemesia viscosa Nemesia zimbabwensis Nemesia cynanchifolia Nemesia denticulata Nemesia diffusa Nemesia euryceras Nemesia fleckii Nemesia floribunda Nemesia fruticans Nemesia glaucescens Nemesia gracilis Nemesia hanoverica Nemesia karroensis Nemesia pallida Nemesia parviflora Nemesia petiolina Nemesia picta Nemesia pinnata Nemesia platysepala Nemesia psammophila Nemesia pubescens Nemesia deflexa Nemesia acornis Nemesia fourcadei Nemesia elata Nemesia arenifera
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