Nemesia is a genus of annuals, perennials and sub-shrubs which are native to sandy coasts or disturbed ground[2] in South Africa. Numerous hybrids have been selected, and the annual cultivars are popular with gardeners as bedding plants.[3] In temperate regions they are usually treated as half-hardy, grown from seed in heat, and planted out after all danger of frost has passed.
| Nemesia | |
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| 'Sunsatia Banana' | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Tribe: | Hemimerideae |
| Genus: | Nemesia Vent. (year?), Bot. Phan.[1] |
'Fleurie Blue'
The flowers are two-lipped, with the upper lip consisting of four lobes and the lower lip two lobes.[2]
The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-[4]
Species
editSpecies include:[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "genus Nemesia Vent". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ a b RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ Pienaar, Kristo (2003). The South African What flower is that?. Struil. ISBN 1868724417.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 66. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Nemesia Blue Cloud = 'Penblue'". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Nemesia 'Innocence'". Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Nemesia Melanie = 'Fleuron'". Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Nemesia denticulata". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "African plants database". Retrieved 2008-06-09.
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