Wahlenbergia ecklonii H.Buek

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Glabrous or hairy at the base 3 branches erect or ascending, terminated by a dichotomous panicle 3 leaves aggregated on the lower part, alternate or opposite, linear, acuminate, entire or subdenticulated on the incrassate margins 3 panicle few, or many flowered3 peduncles short or elongate, capillary, glabrous or minutely downy 3 tube of calyx hemispherical3 lobes linear, setaceous, much longer than tube 3 corolla tubulose, 5-lobed at the apex, 2-3 times longer than the calyx 3 capsule hemispherical or subturbinate, 5-costate or 5-angular.
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Perennial herb, with a thickened taproot, erect or sprawling, hairy, 0.1-0.3 m high. Leaves opposite or alternate, linear-lanceolate, slightly hairy, margins slightly thickened, dentate, crowded towards base. Flowers blue, in lax cymose panicles. Calyx: lobes elongate. Ovary 5-locular. Flowering time Oct.-Jan.
Erect or sprawling perennial to 30 cm. Leaves opposite below, linear-lanceolate, slightly hairy, margins slightly thickened, toothed. Flowers in lax, cymose panicles, narrowly bell-shaped, blue, 8-10 mm diam., calyx lobes elongate, ovary 5-locular, papillose to scabrid. Capsules hemispherical.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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 ecklonii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145722-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819690
COL ID 5BT4N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia swellendamensis Wahlenbergia saxifraga Wahlenbergia turbinata Wahlenbergia pentamera Wahlenbergia ecklonii Wahlenbergia dregeana Wahlenbergia macra Campanopsis ecklonii Campanula ecklonii Campanula swellendamensis Wahlenbergia ecklonii var. pentamera Wahlenbergia ecklonii var. gracilis