Nemesia suaveolens K.E.Steiner

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The striking magenta and yellow flowers of the newly described dainty annual, Nemesia suaveolens, look very showy if the seeds are sown en masse.

Nemesia suaveolens has only recently been named and described (Steiner 2009). It is an annual herb up to 320 mm high, with one or a few stems. The leaves are opposite and lanceolate, ovate or elliptical.

The inflorescence smells of spice and has flowers either in leaf axils or in loose, terminal racemes up to 270 mm long. The corolla is bilabiate and personate (like a snapdragon). The upper lip is erect, 4-lobed and dark magenta near the base, becoming lighter or greyish white towards the apex. An intense yellow, rectangular patch, with a touch of black, is present at the base of this lip. It probably acts as a pollen guide. The lower lip is slightly 2-lobed and intensely yellow near the base, becoming pale yellow outwards. At its base there is a raised area, the palate, formed of two parallel bulges or bosses. The corolla tube is extended into a spur that is mostly straight and narrowly conical. It is about the same length as the lower lip and is held in line with the upper lip. Flowering time is in late winter or spring, from July to September, but can be as early as May.

The fruit capsules are oblong to ovate, laterally flattened and light brown. The apex is clearly notched while the outer corners are rounded.

This Nemesia grows in the Northern Cape in the Tanqua Karoo, east of the Cedarberg Mountains. It favours dry, gravelly riverbeds or stony gullies. Plants are found at altitudes of 320-445 m. The Tanqua Karoo is an arid, rain shadow region that receives only 50-70 mm of rain per annum, in autumn or early winter. When there is not enough rain, plants remain dormant as seeds.

Nemesia suaveolens | PlantZAfrica (sanbi.org)

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