Wahlenbergia ramifera Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, raro subascendens, valde elongatus, a basi subramosus, subpilosus, superne ramosus, glabrescens, cr. 22-25 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulem aequaliter investientia, anguste lanceolata, acutata, apice aculeos plures vel singulos gerentia, margine valde incrassata, dentibus singulis exiguis ornata, subpilosa vel glabra, non involuta, cr. 12-20 mm longa, 1-1.5 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 3-5 mm longis; ovarium 5-loculare, late obovatum, cuneatum, pilis brevibus dense obsitum, cr. 2-2.5 mm longum, 1.5 mm crassum; calycis laciniae elongatae, anguste lanceol&tae, apice acutatissimae usque aculeum ununi gerentes, margine valde incrassatae, dentibus singulis, validis ornatae, subpilosae, subinvolutae, calyce 5-plo longiores, cr. 1/2 mm latae; corolla tubulosa, pauce laciniata, laciniis ovatis, apice subacutatis, cr. 1.5-plo longiores quam latiores, cr. 8 mm longa, laciniis c. 3 mm longis; filamenti basis paullo dilatata, anguste lanceolata, raro late subrotunda; antherae elongatae, graciles, apice subobtusae, cr. 6-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus gracilis, apice haud incrassatus, elongatus, corollam longitudine subadaequans; stigmatis lobi 5, tenues, elongati, apice subobtusi, cr. 5-6-plo longiores quam latiores, involuti. Capsula 5-locularis, late obovata, sub cun eat a, glabra, cr. 3-4 mm longa, cr. 2.5-3 mm erassa, parte superiore exigua, fere hemispbaerica, subacuta.
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia ramifera world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145905-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819466
COL ID 7FT62
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia ramifera