Wahlenbergia denticulata A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Perennial, rarely annual, often subshrubby herb.. Stems usually many, ± decumbent and ascending, rarely erect, 0.1–1 m. long, ± hirsute, puberulous or glabrescent; hairs mostly retrorse; old stems with persistent leaf-bases.. Leaves sessile, ± spreading, linear to linear-lanceolate, 3–20(–35) mm. long, 0.3–2.5 mm. wide, acute to subacute, glabrous or pubescent; margin ± cartilaginous, usually markedly denticulate.. Inflorescence lax or variously contracted; pedicels up to 20 mm. long, glabrous or shortly pubescent, or rarely flowers subsessile.. Hypanthium often broadly obconical, 10-nerved, glabrous or pubescent.. Calyx-lobes 1.5–5 mm. long, ± recurved and denticulate, glabrous or pubescent.. Corolla 5–8(–10) mm. long, blue to white or yellow, deeply split into linear-lanceolate lobes, puberulous inside near the base, glabrous or shortly pubescent outside; tube 1–3.2 mm. long.. Stamens with filament-bases ± rhombic, ciliate; anthers 1.5–2.8 mm. long.. Ovary subinferior to semi-superior, 3–10-locular; style usually slightly longer than the corolla, thickened in the upper part, eglandular, hairy below; lobes 3, ± 0.6–1 mm. long.. Capsule 3-locular, 10-nerved.. Seeds elliptic in outline, ± compressed or bluntly trigonous, usually very narrowly winged, 0.4–0.6 mm. long; testa almost smooth.. Fig. 2/H, T, p. 6.
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Corolla 5–8(10) mm. long, blue to white or yellow, deeply split into linear–lanceolate lobes, puberulous inside near the base, glabrous or shortly pubescent outside; tube 1–3·2 mm. long.
Leaves 3–20(35) x 0·3–2·5 mm., alternate, sessile, ± spreading, linear to linear–lanceolate, acute to subacute, glabrous or pubescent; margin ± incrassate, usually markedly denticulate.
Stems 0·1–1 m. long, usually many, ± decumbent and ascending, rarely erect, ± hirsute, puberulous or glab–rescent; hairs mostly retrorse; old sterns with persistent leaf–bases.
Ovary subinferior to semi–superior, 3–locular; style usually slightly longer than the corolla, thickened in the upper part, eglandular, hairy below; lobes 3, c. 0·6–1 mm. long.
Inflorescence lax or variously contracted; pedicels up to 20 mm. long, glabrous or shortly pubescent, or rarely flowers subsessile.
Seeds 0·4–0·6 mm. long, elliptic in outline, ± compressed or bluntly trigonous, usually very narrowly winged; testa almost smooth.
Calyx–lobes 1–5–5 mm. long, ± recurved and denticulate, glabrous or pubescent.
Stamens with filament–bases ± rhombic, ciliate; anthers 1·5–2·8 mm. long.
Hypanthium often broadly obconical, 10–nerved, glabrous or pubescent.
Perennial, rarely annual, often shrubby herb.
Capsule 3–locular, 10–nerved.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Charm (unspecified), Funeral (unspecified), Philter (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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

Wahlenbergia denticulata world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145705-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819661
COL ID 5BT42
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lightfootia intricata Lightfootia laricifolia Lightfootia tenuifolia Wahlenbergia spinulosa Wahlenbergia denticulata Campanula denticulata Lightfootia denticulata Lightfootia goetzeana Lightfootia dinteri Wahlenbergia denticulata var. transvaalensis Lightfootia denticulata var. transvaalensis Lightfootia denticulata var. podanthoides Wahlenbergia denticulata var. scabra