Wahlenbergia nana Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, parvus, a basi ramosus, pilosus, superne non ramosus, glabrescens, cr. 6-7 cm longus. Folia rosulata, late lanceolata, usque oblonga, apice plerumque valde dilatata, petiolata, lobata, crebro pinnatilobata, margine subincrassata, subundulata, paullo pilosa, cr. 24-28 mm longa, 3-4 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 5-7 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, obovatum, subcuneatum, paullo pilosum, cr. 2 mm longum, 1.5 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice acutae, margine subincrassatae, edentatae, paullo pilosae, paullo involutae, cr. 1.5 mm longae, 0.5 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata, profunde laciniata, laciniis late lanceolatis, apiceacuiis, fere duplo longioribus quam latioribus, cr. 3 mm longa, laciniis cr. 2.3 mm longis; filamenti basis rhomboideo-ovalis, ab utroque latere subobtusa, superne subsinuata, fere item longa ac lata; antherae breves, crassae, apice subobtusae, cr. 2-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus gracilis, brevis, apice haud incrassatus, corollae fere 2/3 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, robusti, apice subacuti, lati, cr. 2-plo longiores quam latiores, haud involuti, basi glandulis 3 evolutis. Capsula 3-locularis, obovata cuneata usque late ovalis, non pilosa, cr. 3.5 mm longa, 2.5 mm crassa, parte superiore exigua.
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Growth support free-standing
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia nana world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145848-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819739
COL ID 5BT8T
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia nana