Wahlenbergia compacta Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, elongatus a basi ramosus, superne ramosissimus, subpiiosus, cr. 30-35 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, solitaria, anguste lanceolata, apice acuta, aculeos non gerentia, margine incrassata, dentibus singulis exiguis ornata, sub-pilosa cr. 10-15 mm longa, 1-1 1/2 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellate pedicellis 5-8 mra longis, ovarium 3-Ioculare, obovatum, cuneatissimum, pilosum, fere 1-1 1/2 mm longum, 1 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice subacutae, aculeos non gerentes, subpilosae, margine incrassatae, edentatae, involutae, cr. 1 mm longae, 1/4-1/2 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata, pauce laciniata, laciniis fere item longis ac latis, late acutis, cr. 6 mm longa; filamenti basis dilatata, anguste rhomboidea, paullo sinuata, fere 3-4-plo longior quam latior; antherae rectae elongatae; stilus gracilis, apice haud incrassatus, corollae subaequilongus; stigmatis lobi 3, breves, angusti, apice subobtusi, non involuti. Capsula 3-locularis, obovata, cuneatissima, pilosa, cr. 4-5 mm longa, 2 mm crassa, parte superiore late conica, subacutala, calycis laciniis 1/4 longitudine adaequante.
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia compacta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145683-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819607
COL ID 5BT3D
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia compacta