Ruthiella saxicola (P.Royen) Steenis

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Ruthiella

Characteristics

Stems 5-12 cm, short crisped-hairy. Leaves sparsely hairy on both sides, 1-2.5 by 0.5-2 cm, ovate to elliptic, rounded, truncate to subcordate at the base, margin subentire to very shallowly sinuate-dentate with +-remote vein-teeth; nerves 3-6 pairs; petioles 1/5-1 cm, hairy. Flowers known to me in bud only, inserted near the base of the midrib. Pedicels 5-7 mm, whitish hairy. Calyx tube 1 mm long, whitish hairy, lobes 2-2.5 mm, linear, +-acute, sparsely whitish hairy. Posterior corolla lobes green with a crimson median line, anterior lobes crimson, whitish pilose near the apex. Androecium c. 2 mm long; posterior anthers with a few white hairs. Capsule 4-6 by 2-3 mm, very obliquely oblong-obovoid, 10-nerved, pilose. Seeds verruculose, 0.5 mm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.12
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Environment

On rocks in forest, 1650 m. Fl.fr.--12.
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Distribution

Ruthiella saxicola world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145038-1
WFO ID wfo-0000818204
COL ID 4TT92
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Synonyms

Phyllocharis saxicola Ruthiella saxicola