Nemesia strumosa


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Read about Nemesia strumosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Nemesia strumosa, Benth. Fig. 2457. Erect, branches, 4-angled, glabrous below and more or less pilose above, 6-24 in. high: root-lvs. oblong-spatulate, entire or dentate; st.-lvs. lanceolate or linear, dentate, sessile: racemes in wild plants, 2-4 in. long, terminal, becoming subcorymbose and afterward elongating; fls. white or in shades of yellow and purple, often purple - marked on the outside, the bearded throat spotted on a yellow ground; upper lip about 2-4in long and often 1 in. broad; lower lip about 1 in. broad: caps. 4-6 lines long, 3-4 lines wide. S. Afr. B. M. 7272. G.C. III. 12: 277. R.H. 1898, p. 87 (var. grandiflora). V. 16:7. G. 31:315.—It varies into a number of forms, some of them compact. Var. Suttonii, Hort., is a series of improved forms, with large fls. of many colors, pale yellow, rose-pink, white, rich orange, crimson and scarlet being now offered separately. G. M. 35: 459; 43:311. Gn.W. 9:289; 18:637. J.H. III. 51:58.


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