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Wahlenbergia meyeri A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Glabrous, hairy below; stem branched from the base; branches as well as the stem erect, naked, dichotomous; leaves aggregate or subrosulate at the base, obovate or obverse-lanceolate, acute, with undulate whitish margins, membranaceous; bracteae linear-acuminate, minute, entire; peduncles dichotomous, capillary; tube of calyx obovoid, as long as the ovate acute lobes; corolla infundibuliform, 5-lobed at the apex, 3 times longer than the calyx-lobes; capsule obovoid, 2-celled.
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Delicate, slender annual, up to 200 mm tall, branching from hairy base. Leaves mostly near base, oblanceolate, roughly hairy, undulate-crisped. Flowers in dichotomously branched, paniculate cymes, funnel-shaped, white or pale blue, calyx lobes ovate acute, ovary (2)3-locular, glabrous, style with 2 small glands below stigma. Capsule obovoid, striate.
Delicate, tufted annual to 20 cm, branching from base. Leaves oblanceolate, roughly hairy, undulate-crisped. Flowers in dichotomously-branched, paniculate cymes, bell-shaped, 5-8 mm diam., white or pale blue, style very short, ovary 3(2)-locular, glabrous. Capsules globose.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Wahlenbergia meyeri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145836-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819772
COL ID 7G57D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia meyeri Campanopsis meyeri Wahlenbergia meyeri var. lanceolata Wahlenbergia meyeri var. subacaulis
WorldFloraDB 2024