Wahlenbergia fruticosa Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Frutex parvus, subraraosus, ramis erectis, glabris. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulem laxe investientia, anguste lanceolata usque linearia, apice acuta, atque aculeum unum gerentia, roargine subincrassata, dentibus singulis validis longis ornata, involutissima, non pilosa, cr. 11-12 mm longa, 1/2 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, fere sessiles, pedicellis 1-2 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, longe obovatum, cuneatum, pilosiusculum, fere 2 mm longum, cr. 1 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice acutae, aculeum unum crassum longum gerentes, margine subincrassatae, basi dentibus singulis, longis crassis obsitae, subpilosae, involutae, marginibus retortis, cr. 4 mm longae, 1/2-3/4 mm latae; corolla subtubulosa, pauce laciniata, laciniis late conicis, apice acutis, fere duplo longioribus quam latioribus, fere 11-12 mm longa, laciniis cr. 3 mm longis; filamenti basis angulose dilatata, usque anguste rhomboidea, subsinuata, cr. 4-plo longior quam latior; antberae valde elongatae, angustae, apice subobtusae, rectae, raro subtortiles, cr. 13-14 mm longiores quam latiores; stilus erectus, elongatus, gracillimus, apice baud incrassatus, glandulis tribus basi stigmatis evolutis, corollae fere 3/4 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, tenues, apice subacuti, subinvoluti. Capsula 3-locularis, longe-obovata, cuneata, subglabra, 3 mm longa, 1.5 mm crassa, parte superiore exigua late conica usque deplanata, calycis laciniis fere 1/8 longitudine adaequante.
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Slender shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves ascending, linear, margins revolute, slightly toothed. Flowers shortly pedicellate in upper axils, bell-shaped, 5-10 mm diam., white or pale mauve, ovary glabrous, style with 3 small glands at base of stigmas.
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Growth support free-standing
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Soil texture 7-8
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia fruticosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145752-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819804
COL ID 5BT5K
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia fruticosa