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Wahlenbergia gracilis (G.Forst.) A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

An annual plant. It grows to 30 cm high and spreads to 25 cm wide. The stems are erect and slender. The leaves are narrow and green. They have saw-like teeth along the edge. The leaves near the base are opposite and sword shaped. The leaves up the stems are smaller and alternate. The flower stems are branching. These are 40 cm long. The flowers are white, blue or purple. They are star shaped or funnel shaped and have 5 petals. The flowers are about 10 mm across. Flowers occur singly at the end of the stalk.
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Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It does best in light to medium, well-drained soils. It needs an open, sunny position. It can tolerate frost but is damaged by drought. Tasmania Herbarium.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode 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 -

Images

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Distribution

Wahlenbergia gracilis world distribution map, present in Norfolk Island, Tonga, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:85250-3
WFO ID wfo-0000819775
COL ID 5BT5X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 672480
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Synonyms

Campanula polymorpha Cervicina gracilis Wahlenbergia vinciflora Campanula gracilis Campanula preissii Lightfootia gracilis Campanula polymorpha Campanula sieberi Campanula vinciflora Campanula vincaeflora Wahlenbergia marginata var. neocaledonica Campanula gracilis var. revoluta Campanula gracilis var. vinciflora Wahlenbergia gracilis var. integerrima Wahlenbergia gracilis
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