Wahlenbergia macrostachys (A.Dc.) Lammers

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Slender shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves recurved, lanceolate, channelled, margins thickened, slightly toothed below. Flowers subsessile in upper axils, white, ± 5 mm diam., tube ± 1 mm long, ovary half-inferior, roughly hairy, sometimes glabrous.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-8
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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 macrostachys world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:983950-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819481
COL ID 5BT7X
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia macrostachys Lightfootia spicata Lightfootia macrostachys