Prismatocarpus diffusus A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Prismatocarpus l'hér.

Characteristics

Sprawling or rounded shrublet, up to 450 mm tall, shortly hairy on young stems. Leaves needle-like, sparsely ciliate below. Flowers in leafless, divaricate, terminal cymes, blue sometimes white, hypocrateriform, ± 10 mm diam., lobes linear, anthers partially or just exserted, bracts 2-3 mm long. Fruit 10-20 mm long.
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Sprawling or rounded shrublet to 45 cm, shortly hairy on young stems. Leaves needle-like, sparsely ciliate below. Flowers in leafless, divaricate, terminal cymes, blue sometimes white, hypocrateriform, ± 10 mm diam., lobes linear, anthers partially or just exserted, bracts 2-3 mm long. Fruits 10-20 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Prismatocarpus diffusus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:144664-1
WFO ID wfo-0000817548
COL ID 4MHLQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lobelia laricina Prismatocarpus laricinus Trachelium diffusum Campanula diffusa Prismatocarpus diffusus