Wahlenbergia mollis Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, a basi ± ramosus, pilosus, superne subramosus, glabrescens, cr. 12-18 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, elongata, anguste lanceolata, apice acuta, aculeos plures vel singulos gerentia, tenera, margine subincrassata, singulis dentibus otnata, haud involuta, subpilosa, cr. 20 mm longa, 1/2-1 mm lata, caulis partem inferiorem fere aequaliter investientia. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 9-12 mm longis; ovarium 5-loculare, hemisphaericum, usque late ohovatum, subcuneatum, subpilosum, fere 1 mm longum, item crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, acutatissimae, apice aculeum unum gerentes, margine subinerassatae, singulis dentibus ornatae, subpilosae, subinvolutae, cr. 2-2.5 mm longae, cr. 1/4 mm latae; corolla tubulosa, pauce lacinuita, laciniis anguste ovatis, apice subacutis, fere 1.5-2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, cr. 7 mm longs, laciniis 2.5-3 mm longis; filamenti basis elongata, anguste lanceolata, vix dilatata, apice acuta, cr. 5-7-plo longior quam latior; antherae graciles, elongatae, lineares, apice subobtusae, cr. 6-7-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus gracilis, elongatus, apice haud incrassatus, corollam fere longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 5, tenues, elongati, apice subacuti, lineares, involuti, cr. 6-plo longiores quam latiores. Capsula 5-locularis, hemisphaerica, haud pilosa, cr. 2 mm longa, item crassa, parte superiore anguste conica, apice subacutata, calycis laciniis fere 1/3 longitudine adaequante.
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia mollis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145839-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819765
COL ID 5BT8J
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia mollis