Species Nemesia diffusa
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Etymology of Nemesia:
Gk. nemesion, nemeseion from nemo = to distribute, to enjoy, to pasture, to feed; or nemos = wooded pasture, glade, a grove; name used by Dioscorides for a similar plant, referring to their habitat.
Etymology of diffusa:
From the Latin diffusus = ‘widespread’, 'spreading' or 'diffuse'
Scientific name:
Nemesia diffusa Benth.
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Protologue:
Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 22 (1836)
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Year published:
1836
Short-lived perennial to 30 cm. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, toothed, 3--5-veined from base. Flowers often in flexuose racemes, lilac with darker veins and a raised velvety yellow palate, upper lobes oblong, spur c. 2.5 mm long. Capsules longer than wide. Mainly Sept.--Feb. Sandstone slopes, NW, SW, LB, SE (Cedarberg Mts to Humansdorp).
Observations of Taxon
Nemesia
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/11/2006 - 2:00pm
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