| 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. |
Nemesia is a genus of annuals, perennials and sub-shrubs which are native to sandy coasts or disturbed ground in South Africa. Numerous hybrids have been selected, and the annual cultivars are popular with gardeners as bedding plants. 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.
The flowers are two-lipped, with the upper lip consisting of four lobes and the lower lip two lobes.
The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
- Blue Cloud = 'Penblue'
- 'Innocence'
- Melanie = 'Fleuron'
- Nemesia denticulata
Species
Species include:
See also
References
- "genus Nemesia Vent". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ 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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