WorldFloraDB - Streptocarpus meyeri

Characteristics

Perennial herb, lithophyte or terrestrial, 0.06-0.30 m high. Leaves 3-10, prostrate or slightly raised off ground, broadly elliptic or rhomboid, 200 x 75 mm, base cuneate, apex subacute, margins crenate, grey to grey-green, densely pilose. Inflorescence from base of midrib, 2-12-flowered. Calyx 4 x 1 mm. Corolla 20-30 mm long; tube straight, pale violet outside, deeper violet inside, whitish below, streaked and spotted violet. Stamens in lower quarter of tube; filaments 3.5 mm long. Ovary ± 4.5 mm long. Flowering time Jan.-Apr. Fruit a capsule, 17-40 x 2 mm, apiculate. Seed 0.6-0.8 mm long.

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Rosulate perennial to 20 cm. Leaves elliptic, shaggy, margins toothed. Flowers several on glandular-hairy peduncles, trumpet-shaped, tube cylindric, violet with white lobes.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.13 - 0.3

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°)	12 - 18
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:382963-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001064725
COL ID	52XSV
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Streptocarpus meyeri

WorldFloraDB 2024

Streptocarpus meyeri B.L.Burtt

Species