Wahlenbergia polyclada A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Whole plant spreading, hairy; stem, branched from the base, branches divergent, subangular above; leaves scattered, ovate-acute or ovate-lanceolate, with thick, subrevolute, denticulate margins; flowers panicled; pedicels shorter than the bractea or the calyx; tube of calyx hemispherical, shorter than the acuminate lobes; corolla infundibuliform, 5-lobed at the apex, 4-times longer than the calyx; capsule hemispherical.
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Rounded annual, up to 150 mm tall, with rough spreading hairs, branching from base. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, more-or-less cordate at base, margins thickened, slightly toothed. Flowers in lax cymes, narrowly funnel-shaped, blue with a dark ring in throat and a dark centre, calyx lobes large, toothed, filament base pear-shaped, ovary hispid, ovary (2)3-locular. Capsule hemispherical, hairy.
Roughly hairy, rounded annual to 15 cm, branching from base. Leaves lanceolate, ± cordate at base, margins thickened, slightly toothed. Flower in lax cymes, narrowly bell-shaped, blue with a dark ring in throat and a dark centre, 10-12 mm diam., calyx lobes large, toothed, ovary hispid. Capsules hemispherical.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
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 -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Wahlenbergia polyclada world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145889-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819405
COL ID 7FT5X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia polyclada Wahlenbergia pilosa