Merciera tenuifolia A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Merciera

Characteristics

Stems suberect, sparsely or profusely branched, occasionally with group of branches at end of each season's growth. Leaves crowded, ascending, hairy on abaxial surface, axillary cluster of smaller leaves occasionally present; bract-like leaves 4-10 mm long. Flowers violet-blue, rarely white; hypanthium 1-3 mm long, hispid with clavate trichomes; calyx lobes 5, 0.8-1 mm long, hairs on hyaline tips; corolla tube narrow, 10.0-25.5 mm long; lobes 5, ovate, 2.5-4.0 mm long, hairy on back. Stamens 5; filaments 7-21 mm long. Style 13.0-30.5 mm long.
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Like M. azurea but axillary leaf tufts present and corolla tube cylindrical.
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Distribution

Merciera tenuifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:144110-1
WFO ID wfo-0000816506
COL ID 3ZTGP
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Synonyms

Roella tenuifolia Trachelium tenuifolium Merciera tenuifolia var. candolleana Merciera tenuifolia var. thunbergiana Merciera tenuifolia Merciera tenuifolia var. tenuifolia