Wahlenbergia prostrata E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Branches divergent from the base, simple, prostrate, terete, nearly glabrous; leaves scattered, alternate and opposite, thickish, linear, incurved, channelled above, acute, denticulated, teeth terminated by a minute bifid mucro, panicle 3-5 flowered; pedicels as long or longer than the bractea or the calyx; tube of calyx turbinate, hairy or subglabrous; a little shorter than the ovate, acute, ciliate lobes; corolla 6-times longer than the calyx, infundibuliform-campanulate, 5-lobed at the apex; capsule hemispherical, glabrous.
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Nearly glabrous annual, with prostrate stems spreading from base, 5-150 mm tall, roots long, spreading and white. Leaves alternate and opposite, scattered, linear or clavate, rolled inwards, margins thickened, dentate, teeth tipped with a minute, bifid mucro. Flowers shortly pedicellate, broadly funnel-shaped, pale blue, ovary (2)3-locular, style constricted below stigma. Capsule hemispherical, with upper part broadly conical.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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 prostrata world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145893-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819461
COL ID 7FSTY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Campanopsis prostrata Wahlenbergia prostrata