Nemesia (plant)
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Nemesia 'Sunsatia Banana' is an ornamental hybrid cultivar | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Tribe: | Hemimerideae[1] |
Genus: | Nemesia Vent. (year?), Bot. Phan.[1] |
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 the annual cultivars are usually treated as half-hardy bedding plants, sown from seed in heat and planted out after all danger of frost has passed.
The flowers are two-lipped, with the upper lip consisting of four lobes and the lower lip two lobes.[2]
The cultivar 'Innocence', a low-growing bushy perennial with white flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Species include:[5]
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See also
References
- 1 2 "genus Nemesia Vent.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved June 2012. Check date values in:
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(help) - 1 2 RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ Pienaar, Kristo (2003). The South African What flower is that?. Struil. ISBN 1868724417.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Nemesia 'Innocence'". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ↑ "African plants database". Retrieved 2008-06-09.
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