Botanical name

Nemesia affinis

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Common Name

Leeubekkie, Weeskindertjies

Synonym (old name)

Nemesia versicolor
Nemesia affinis
Nemesia affinis
Nemesia affinis
Nemesia affinis
Nemesia affinis
Nemesia affinis

Description

Annual up to 35cm. Leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, toothed; flowers in racemes, white, blue. yellow, with a raised cream-coloured to yellow palate with 2 velvety bosses; spur 3-5mm long.

Habitat

Sandy and granite slopes and flats

Flower Date

August to November