Wahlenbergia namaquana Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Stems erect, terete, simple, villous at the base, glabrous and naked above; leaves radical, oblong-lanceolate, attenuated or petiolate at the base, undulately crenate, acute, villous or hairy at both sides; bracteae minute, glabrous; peduncles dichotomous, elongated, few-flowered; calyx glabrous, tube broadly obconical, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the tube; corolla broadly infundibuliform, deeply 5-fid, 6-times longer than the calyx-lobes.
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Annual, up to 300 mm tall, with simple stems, hairy at base. Leaves all basal, rosulate, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed or petiolate at base, undulate-crenulate, hairy on both sides. Flowers on 2-or 3-forked peduncles, long-pedicellate, broadly funnel-shaped, deeply cut, ovary 3-locular, style with a swollen ring below stigma. Capsule obconical.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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

Wahlenbergia namaquana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145847-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819738
COL ID 5BT8S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia namaquana Campanopsis namaquana