Wahlenbergia congestifolia Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, elongatus, a basi non ramosus, raro paullo ramosus, pilosissimus, superne nonramosus, glaber, cr. 40-50 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, in caulisinferiore parte confertissima, caulem dense investientia, anguste lanceolata, apice acutissima, margine valde incrassata, dentibus singulis exiguisornata, pilosissima, irregulariter crenata, valde undulata, cr. 18-25 mm longa, 3-5 mm lata. Flores longe pedicellati, pedicellis 30-35 mm longis; ovarium 2-loculare, anguste obovatum, cuneatissimum, non pilosum, cr. 3-5 mm longum, 2.5 mm crassum; calycis laciniae elongatae, capsulae sabaequilongae late lanceolatae, basi subdilatatae, apice acutissimae, marginesubincrassatae, pilosissimae, haud dentatae, apice subinvolutae, cr. 9-10 mm longae, 3 mm latae; corolla campanulata, profunde laciniata, laciniis lateovatis, apice acutissimis, cr. 1.3-2 plo longioribus quam latioribus, cr.24-28 mm longa, laciniis 10-13 mm longis; lilamenti basis valde dilatata, rhomboideo-ovalis, ab utroque latere elongata, subsinuata, induplicata cr.2 mm alta, fere duplo latior quam altior; antherae valde elongatae, apice subobtasae, cr. 6-7 plo longiores quam latiores; stilus robustus, elongatus, apice subincrassatus, corollae fere 1/2-3/4 longitudine adaequans, basiglandulis 4 vel pluribus evolutis. Capsula 2-locularis anguste fusiformis, glabra, cr. 8-10 mm longa, 5 mm crassa, parte superiore late conica, apicesubcuneata, calycis laciniis cr. 1/3-1/2 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 congestifolia world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145687-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819618
COL ID 5BT3H
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia congestifolia Wahlenbergia congestifolia var. glabra Wahlenbergia congestifolia var. laxa