Wahlenbergia acuminata Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, a basi ramosus, superne ramosissimus, subpilosus, cr. 15-20 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulem laxe investientia, anguste lanceolata, apice subacuta, aculeos non gerentia, margine valde incrassata, dentibus singulis ornata, subinvoluta, pilosa, cr. 5-7 mm longa, 1-1 1/2 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis 7-10 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, obovatum ± cuneatum, pilosum, cr. 1 mm longum, 3/4 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice acutae, aculeos singulos gerentes, margine incrassatae, paucidentatae, pilosae, subinvolutae, cr. 1 1/2 mm longae, 0.5 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata, pauce laciniata, laciniis fere item longis ac latis, apice acutis, cr. 6 mm longa, laciniis cr. 1.5-2 mm longis; filamenti basis gracilis, subdilatata, anguste lanceolata, 5-6-plo longior quam latior; antherae elongatae, apice subobtusae, cr. 10-plo longiores quam latiores; stylos gracilis, elongates, apice subincrassatus, corollae fere 3/4 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, elongati, tenues, apice subobtusi, subinvoluti. Capsula obovata, cuneata, pilosa, cr. 1.5 mm Ionga, 1 mm crassa, parte superiore conica, acuta, calycis laciniis fere dimidium longitudine adaequante.
Life form -
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
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 -
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 acuminata world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145615-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819698
COL ID 5BSYW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Wahlenbergia acuminata