Wahlenbergia lycopodioides Schltr. & Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, brevis, a basi ramosus, superne non ramosus, subpilosus, 6-8 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulem dense investientia, anguste lanceoata, usque sublinearia, apice acuta atque aculeum unum gerentia, margine subincrassata, dentibus singulis tenuibus ornata, convolulissima, subpilosa, cr. 4-5 mm longa, cr. 1/2 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, fere sessiles, pedicellis 1-2 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, obovatum, non pilosum, basi cuneatum, 1 mm longum, cr. 3/4 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice acutae, aculeum unum gerentes, margine subincrassatae, dentibus singulis tenuibus ornatae vel edentatae, pilosissimae, subinvolutae, cr. 3 mm longae 3/4 mm latae; corolla tubulosa, pauce laciniata, laciniis fere duplo longioribus quam latioribus, apice subrotundis, fere 5 mm longa, laciniis 1 3/4-2 mm longis; filamenti basis anguste lanceolata, elongata usque sublinearis; antherae breves, apice subobtusae, 4-5-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus gracilis, elongatus, apice haud incrassatus, raro subincrassatus, corollam fere longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, tenues, breves, apice subacuti, subinvoluti. Capsula 3 locularis, obovata, usque subrotunda basi subcuneata, cr. 1 1/2 mm longa, 1-1 1/4 mm crassa, non pilosa, parte superiore conica, subacuta, calycis laciniis 1/4-1/2 longitudine adaequante.
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Herb forming dense tufts, up to 160 mm tall. Stem leafy. Leaves alternate, narrowly lanceolate to linear, 4-5 x 0.5 mm, slightly pilose. Flowers terminal, shortly pedicellate. Flowers white or pale blue.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.16
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Soil texture 7-8
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145824-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819716
COL ID 5BT7V
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia lycopodioides