Wahlenbergia distincta Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, a basi ramosissimus, pilosus, superne subramosus, glaber, cr. 20-25 cm longus. Folia alterna, caulis basi dense conferta, petioiata, in caulis superiore parte sessilia, spathulata, apice acuta, margine subincrassala, dentibus singulis exiguis ornata, irregulariter profunde crenata, pilosissima, subundulata, cr. 20-30 mm longa, 3-5 mm lata. Flores longe pedicellate, pedicellis 25-45 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, hemisphaericum, non pilosum, fere 1 mm longum, item crassum; calycis laciniae breviter lanceolatae, basi subdilatatae, apice acutae, atque unum aculeum gerentes, margine incrassatae, basi dentibus singulis exiguis ornatae, subpilosae, apice subinvolutae, capsulae fere dimidium longitudine adaequantes, cr. 1.5 mm longae, 0.5 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata, pauce laciniata, laciniis rotundis, apice subacuminatis, cr. item longis ac latis, cr. 8-9 mm longa, laciniis cr. 3 mm longis; filamenti basis late rhomboidea, ab utroque latere profunde sinuata, fere duplo latfor quam longior; antherae elongatae, tenues, apice subobtusae, 5-6-pIo longiores quam latiores; stilus brevis, robustus, apice valde incrassatus, corollae fere dimidium longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, robusti, late ovales, apice subobtusi, fere duplo longiores quam latiores, basi glandulis tribus exiguis evolulis, subinvoluti. Capsula 3-locularis, hemisphaerica, glabra, cr. 2 mm longa, item crassa, parte superiore conica, apice subobtusa, calycis lacinias longitudine fere adaequante.
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Growth support free-standing
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia distincta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145716-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819641
COL ID 5BT4F
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia distincta