Wahlenbergia paniculata Schrad.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Stem much branched, hairy; leaves linear-lanceolate or lanceolate-acuminate, entire or sub-denticulated, with incrassate margins; peduncles dichotomous, longer than the brae tea and calyx, paniculate; tube of calyx hairy, obovate or turbinate, shorter than the linear, acuminate entire lobes; corolla infundibuliform, 5-lobed at the apex, twice longer than the calyx; capsule turbinate or obovate.
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Roughly hairy annual to 15 cm, branching mainly from base. Leaves small, lanceolate, margins thickened, minutely toothed. Flowers in lax, corymbose cymes, bell-shaped, white or blue with white cup and dark ring in throat, 6-8 mm diam., ovary sparsely hairy or velvety in bands. Capsules obovoid to hemispherical.
Prostrate herb. Leaves filiform, short, apex recurved. Flowers purple.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Wahlenbergia paniculata world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145865-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819610
COL ID 5BT9G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia paniculata Campanopsis paniculata Wahlenbergia rudis Wahlenbergia divaricata Campanula paniculata Wahlenbergia paniculata var. rudis