Wahlenbergia cooperi Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, valde elongatus, a basi non ramosus, raro subramosus, pilosus, superne subramosus, glaber, cr. 40-80 mm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulem basi laxe investientia, lanceolata, acuta, aculeos non gerentia, margine valde incrassata, dentibus singulis ornata, irregulariter crenata, inferiora pilosa, superiora glabra, undulata, cr. 20-26 mm longa, 2.5-3 mm lata. Flores longissime pedicellati, pedicellis 60-75 mm longis, raro brevioribus vel longioribus; ovarium 3-loculare, anguste fusiforme, cuneatum, haud pilosum cr. 5 mm longum, 2.5 mm crassum; calycis laciniae lanceolatae, basi dilatatae, apice subobtusae, margine incrassatae, integrae vel basi subdentatae, haud pilosae, apice subinvolutae, capsula dimidio breviores, cr. 4 mm longae, 1 mm latae; corolla campanulata, profunde laciniata, laciniis anguste ovatis, apice subacutis, cr. 2.5-plo longioribus quam latioribus, cr. 16-18 mm longa, laciniis cr. 10 mm longis; filamenti basis late rhomboideo-ovalis, ab utroque latere subobtusa, induplicata, fere duplo latior qoam altior; antberae valde elongatae, robustae, apice subrotundae, 6-8-plo longiores quam latiores, stilus robustus, elongatus, apice haud incrassatus vel raro subincrassatus, corollae fere dimidium longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, robusti, late lineares, apice subobtusi, cr. 5-6-plo longiores quam latiores, basi glandulis tribus evolutis, involuti. Capsula 3-locularis, anguste fusiformis, duplo ad 3-plo longior quam crassior, glabra, cr. 10 mm longa, parte superiore conica, apice subobtusa, calycis laciniis fere 1/3 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 cooperi world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145690-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819656
COL ID 5BT3L
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia cooperi