Nemesia melissifolia
(Nemesia melissaefolia)
Scrophulariaceae Hemimerideae
As at April 2024, 10 herbarium specimens, 1 photo record
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Nemesia melissaefolia - Much-branched, hairless, up to 50 cm high. Leaves shortly or not stalked, broadest just above base, which sometimes clasps stem, tapering to narrow tip, margins with numerous pointed forward-directed prominent teeth, up to 6 cm long X 3 cm wide. Flowers in lax irregular terminal inflorescence, singly or in loose clusters; flower-stalk c 8 mm long, elongating in fruit. Calyx c 4 mm long; corolla white, lips c 5 mm long, spur curved, blunt, c 4 mm long. Fruit flattened, blunt, c 9 mm long x 5 mm wide.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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