WorldFloraDB - Wahlenbergia cephalodina

Characteristics

Leaves up to 40 x 10 mm., alternate, sessile to subpetiolate, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, acute to obtuse with attenuate base, sparsely hirsute; margin incrassate, almost entire, very shallowly denticulate; all leaves of c. the same size and shape, the upper ones forming a sort of involucre.

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Corolla c. 4 mm. long, blue, split almost to the base into lanceolate lobes, glabrous outside, puberulous inside near the base; tube c. 0·5 mm. long.

Ovary 3–locular, style longer than the corolla, thickened in the upper part, eglandular, with long hairs below; lobes 3, c. 0·2 mm. long.

Stamens with filament–bases abruptly dilated, ciliate; anthers c. 1–6 mm. long.

Inflorescences terminal, dense, capitate; flowers sessile.

Hypanthium obconical, 5–nerved, densely hirsute.

Annual erect herb, up to 25 cm. tall, hirsute.

Calyx–lobes c. 2·5 mm. long, hirsute.

Capsule and seeds not seen.

Life form	annual
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	-
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.25
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

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

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145665-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000819580
COL ID	5BT2V
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia cephalodina

WorldFloraDB 2024

Wahlenbergia cephalodina Thulin

Species