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Wahlenbergia patula A.Dc.

Species

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Characteristics

Stem much branched from the base, diffuse, hairy at the base, glabrous above; branches divaricate, dichotomous; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, membranous, glabrous, coarsely dentate, upper ones lanceolate; bracteae minute, linear or wanting; calyx glabrous, tube hemispherical, twice shorter than the linear acuminate lobes; corolla infundibuliform, sub 5-fid, twice longer than the calycine-lobes capsule ovoid, 3-celled.
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Soft perennial, 100-400 mm tall, dichotomously much-branched from a softly hairy base. Leaves alternate, thin-textured, petiolate, ovate, glabrous, unequally and coarsely serrate, lanceolate in upper parts. Flowers long-pedicellate, funnel-shaped, bright blue to purple, filaments narrowly pear-shaped at base, ovary 3-locular. Capsule ovoid, as long as calyx lobes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.4
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145868-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819434
COL ID 5BT9L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia patula Campanopsis patula Wahlenbergia intricatissima
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