Wahlenbergia acaulis E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Root elongate, simple; stem or branches very short, condensate; leaves petiolate, hairy, lower ones obovate, obtuse, subdentate, angustate in a longer ciliate petiole; the others lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, dentate, attenuate in a shorter petiole; flowers sessile, terminal and lateral; tube of calyx obovoid, terete, hairy, with nearly glabrous lanceolate, acute lobes corolla infundibuliform, 5-lobed at the apex, 3 times longer than thecalyx lobes.
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Dwarf annual, 20-50 mm tall. Leaves scattered or tufted at base of stem, obovate, hairy, narrowed into a ciliate petiole, upper ones lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, dentate. Flowers sessile, terminal and lateral, funnel-shaped, lobed at apex, ovary 3-locular. Capsule ± inferior.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Wahlenbergia acaulis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145613-1
WFO ID wfo-0001290170
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia acaulis