Wahlenbergia brevisquamifolia Brehmer

Species

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Characteristics

Caulis erectus a basi subramosus, subpilosis, superne paullo ramosus, glaber, cr. 35 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, squamiformia, solitaria, breviter triangularia, margine valde incrassata, integra, vel raro dentibus solitariis ornata, subpilosa, cr. 3.5 mm longa, 2 mm lata, subinduplicata. Flores longissime pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 8-10 cm longis, saepius longioribus; ovarium 2-loculare, anguste fusiforme, subcuneatum, glabrum, cr. 2-2 1/2 mm longum, item crassum; calycis laciniae late lanceolatae, basi dilatatae apice subacutae, margine subincrassatae, edentatae, glabrae, cr. 4-5 mm longae, 2 mm latae; corolla campanulata, pauce laciniata, laciniis late ovatis, apice subacutis, fere item longis ac latis, cr. 10 mm longa, laciniis cr. 2.5 mm longis; filamenti basis late rhomboideo-ovalis, ab utroque latere elongata, profunde sinuata, fere item lata ac alta; antherae valde elongatae, subdilatatae, apice subacutae, cr. 6-7 plo longiores quam latiores; stilus gracilis, elongatus apice valde incrassatus, corollae fere 4/5 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 2, robusti, elongati, lati, apice subobtusi, cr. 3 plo longiores quam latiores, basi glandulis 4 evolutis. Capsula 2-locularis late obovata, usque fusiformis, fere item longa ac crassa, non pilosa, parte superiore conica, apice subacuta.
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Herb, up to 350 mm tall. Leaves oblong, acute to squamiform. Capsule subfusiform, 2-locular.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia brevisquamifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145647-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819599
COL ID 5BT27
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia brevisquamifolia