Wahlenbergia cartilaginea Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Perennial with branching rhizomes emitting tufts or rosettes of lvs; rhizomes ± 2-3 mm. diam., deep-rooting. Lf-rosettes ± 2-7 cm. diam.; lvs thick, rigid, coriac., glab. or finely puberulous, glaucous to purplish; lamina spathulate to broad-ovate to elliptic, 6-20 × 5-15 mm., on flattened petiole up to c. 15 mm. long; apex obtuse, base rounded to subcordate; margins thickly cartilaginous, almost concealing the minute teeth. Peduncle solitary, 2-4 cm. tall, 1-fld. Fl. erect; calyx glab. or minutely puberulous, lobes erect, linear-oblong, thick, rigid, with cartilaginous margins, 6-12 × 2-3 mm. Corolla sweet-scented, white, flushed pale blue-lilac, c. 12 mm. long, 10 mm. diam., with erect oblong-lanceolate lobes c. 7 mm. long. Style > corolla-tube; filaments expanded and hairless at base. Capsule globose-turbinate, c. 8 mm. diam.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.04
Root system rhizome
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia cartilaginea world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145664-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819581
COL ID 5BT2R
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Synonyms

Campanopsis cartilaginea Wahlenbergia cartilaginea