Wahlenbergia fasciculata Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, a basi ramosus, superne non ramosus, pilis brevibus dense obsitus, cr. 25-30 cm longus. Folia fascicularia, fasciculis alternis, acicularia, linearia, apice acuta, atque aculeos plures vel singulos gerentia, margine subincrassata, dentibus singulis exiguis ornata, glabra, involutissima cr. 7-9 mm longa, 1/4-1/2 mm lata. Flores sessiles, vel subsessiles, pedicellis cr. 1-3 mm longis; ovarium abovatum, obtusum, non pilosum, cr. 1.5 mm longum, item crassum; calycis Iaciniae anguste lanceolatae, elongatae, apice acutissimae, atque aculeum unum gerentes, margine subincrassatae, margine pilis longis dense obsitae, edentatae, involutae, cr. 4.5 mm longae, 1/2 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata, pauce laciniata, laciniis fere item longis ac latis, apice subacuminatis, cr. 13 mm longa, laciniis cr. 3 mm longis; filamenti basis pauce diiatata, anguste lanceolata, elongata, 7-8-plo longior quam latior; antherae angustae, elongatae, apice subobtusae; stilus gracilis, elongatus, apice haud incrassatus, corollae fere 3/4 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, angusti, elongati, involutissimi, apice subobtusi. Capsula 3-locularis, obovata, obtusa, non pilosa, cr. 2-2 1/2 mm longa, 1 1/2 mm crassa, parte superiore conica, apice subacuta, calycis laciniis fere 1/3 longitudine adaequante.
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Perennial herb, erect, slender, 0.15-0.35 m high. Leaves crowded, linear, axillary cluster of leaves present. Flowers: sessile, crowded in upper axils; corolla with distinct tube, blue-mauve; Jan.-Mar.
Perennial herb, erect, slender, 0.15-0.35. Leaves crowded, linear, axillary cluster of leaves present. Flowers blue-mauve, sessile, crowded in upper axils. Flowering time Feb.-Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Wahlenbergia fasciculata world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145738-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819801
COL ID 5BT56
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia fasciculata Wahlenbergia fasciculata var. pilosa