Wahlenbergia procumbens A.Dc.

Species

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Characteristics

Trailing, shortly hairy perennial forming mats and rooting at nodes. Leaves opposite, elliptic, slightly crenulate. Flowers solitary in axils, white, blue or mauve, 8-10 mm diam., ovary hairy, sometimes glabrous.
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Perennial herb, mat-forming, 0.05-0.40 m high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, slightly crenulate. Flowers white, blue or mauve, solitary in axils. Flowering time Nov.-Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.4
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 29
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

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Distribution

Wahlenbergia procumbens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145892-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819436
COL ID 7G569
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia saxifragoides Wahlenbergia procumbens Wahlenbergia diversifolia Campanopsis procumbens Campanula procumbens Wahlenbergia repens Campanula diversifolia Wahlenbergia procumbens var. foliosa Wahlenbergia procumbens var. diversifolia Wahlenbergia procumbens var. intermedia Campanopsis procumbens var. bolusiana