Wahlenbergia oxyphylla A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Stem much branched from the base; branches subsimple, densely hairy, much leaved, ending in a divaricate, dichotomous panicle; leaves opposite, verticillate and alternate, longer than the internodes, spreading, ovate-acuminate or lanceolate, rigid, subspinous, marginated, subdenticulate, rather canaliculate above, hairy on both sides; panicle finely scabrous, pedicels thick, rigid, longer than the leafy bracts; calyx hemispherical, tube shorter than the subulate, entire lobes; corolla tubulose, 5-lobed at the apex,3-times longer than the calyx; capsule 5-angular.
More
Like W. costata but a dwarf shrub, with basal leaves densely crowded, leaves short, up to 5 mm long, pungent, margin thickened and rolled inwards, subfalcate, style ?slender, and capsule hemispherical.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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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 oxyphylla world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145862-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819336
COL ID 5BT9D
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia oxyphylla Campanopsis oxyphylla Wahlenbergia steingroeveri