Wahlenbergia schistacea Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis subascendens, elongatus, gracilis, a basi ramosissimus, pilosissimus, superne subramosus usque non ramosus, glabrescens, cr. 30-40 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, vel breviter petiolata, caulem basi dense investientia, ovata, apice acuta, margine subincrassata, dentibus pluribus longis ornata, hand involuta, pilosa, cr. 15-18 mm longa, 8-11 mm lata. Flores longe pedicellati, solitarii, pedicellis 30-45 mm longis; ovarium 3-locuIare, obovatum, subcuneatum, non pilosum, cr. 3 mm longum, 2 mm crassura; calycis laciniae late lanceolatae usque triangulares, basi subdilatatae, apice subacutae, atque aculeum unum gerentes, margine subincrassatae, dentibus parvis ornatae, non pilosae, haud involutae, cr. 2 mm longae, 1.5-3/4 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata, profunde laciniata, laciniis late conicis, apice subacutis, fere 1 1/2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, cr. 6 mm longa, laciniis cr. 4 mm longis; fllamenti basis subrotunda, apice elongata acuta, fere duplo longior quam latior; antherae pauce elongatae, angustae, apice subrotundae, fere 8 mm longae, 8-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus brevis, robustus, apice haud incrassatus, corollae fere 3/4 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, eglandulosi, breves, crassi, fere duplo longiores quam latiores, apice subobtusi, haud involuti. Capsula 3-locularis, obovata, subcuneata, non pilosa, cr. 4 mm longa, 3 mm crassa, parte superiore exigua, late conica, apice subdeplanata, calycis laciniis fere 2/3 longitudine adaequante.
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia schistacea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145935-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819362
COL ID 5BTBW
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia schistacea