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Nemesia versicolor, the variable lionface, is a small South African wildflower in the figwort family, native to the Cape provinces. It is grown in gardens as a hardy annual or short-lived perennial and needs full sun, good drainage and dry conditions.
Nemesia versicolor (also known as the variable lionface or the Afrikaans names: kappieblommetjie and weeskindertjies) is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Nemesia versicolor is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces, but it is also found in the Eastern Cape.
Nemesia · Longmane Lionface · Tooth Lionface · Common Lionface · Nemesia glaucescens · Nemesia grandiflora · Nemesia karasbergensis · Nemesia linearis · Capejewels · Nemesia violiflora · Cape Lionfaces
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nemesia versicolor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
