Wahlenbergia lasiocarpa Schltr. & Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, elongatus, a basi non ramosus, pilosus, superne subramosus, glaber, cr. 40-60 cm longus. Folia alterna, inferiora petiolata superiora sessilia, basi caulis confertissima, usque subrosulata, late lanceolata, apice obtuse-acuta, margine subincrassata, dentibus singulis exiguis ornata, irregulariter creData, subundulata, cr. 90-100 mm longa, 8-10 mm lata. Flores longissime pedicellati, pedicellis 90-100 mm longis, saepius brevioribus vel longioribus; ovarium 3-Ioculare, longe obovatum, cuneatum, pilis longis retroflexis dense obsitum, fere 4-6 mm longum, 2-3 mm crassum; calycis laciniae, anguste lanceolatae, basi subdilatatae, apice acutae, margine subincrassatae, basi dentibus singulis exiguis ornatae, pilosae, apice subinvolutae, cr. 5-7 mm longae, 1 mm latae; corolla campanulata, profunde laciniata, laciniis late obovatis, apice subacutis, fere item longis ac latis, cr. 14-15 mm longa, laciniis cr. 8-9 mm longis; filamenti basis rhomboideo-dilatata, ab utroque latere saepius profunde dentato-incisa, fere item longa ac lata; antherae elongatae, tenues apice subobtusae, cr. 10-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus robustus, apice valde incrassatus, corollae fere 2/3 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, robusti, anguste ovales, apice subobtusi, fere 3-plo longiores quam latiores, basi glandulis 6 evolutis, subinvoluti. Capsula 3-locularis, elongata, longe obovata, acuminata, pilis longis retroflexis dense ornata, cr. duplo longior quam crassior, cr. 6-7 mm longa, parte superiore exigua, lata, vix evoluta.
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Like W. schlechteri but leaves broadly lanceolate, with an obtuse-acute apex, and calyx very hairy.
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Growth support free-standing
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Soil texture 5-6
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia lasiocarpa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145805-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819721
COL ID 5BT74
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia lasiocarpa