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Prismatocarpus campanuloides Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Prismatocarpus l'hér.

Characteristics

Shrublet, erect or sprawling, 0.2-0.8 m high. Leaves alternate, linear or linear-lanceolate, flat or revolute, ciliate or toothed. Flowers white or tinged with pink or violet, sessile, solitary in upper axils, crowded at branch tips. Hypanthium elongated, pedicel-like. Flowering time Dec.-Apr.
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Slender, glabrescent shrublet to 80 cm. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sometimes weakly prickly toothed, coarsely ciliate below; bracts lanceolate, ciliate. Flowers sessile, ± crowded at branch tips and upper axils, white to lilac, bowl-shaped, 20-30 mm diam.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.8
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-6
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Distribution

Prismatocarpus campanuloides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:144655-1
WFO ID wfo-0000816983
COL ID 4MHLG
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Synonyms

Prismatocarpus strictus Prismatocarpus campanuloides Prismatocarpus ecklonii Prismatocarpus linariifolius Campanula linearifolia Campanula sessiliflora Prismatocarpus campanuloides var. dentatus Prismatocarpus campanuloides var. campanuloides
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