Wahlenbergia serpentina Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, vel raro subascendens, basi ramosus, subpilosus, superne non vel vix ramosus, glabrescens, cr. 30-35 cm longus. Folia rosulata, late lanceolata, usque oblonga, apice plerumque valde dilatata, petiolata, lobata, crebro pinnatilobata, margine subincrassata, paullo undulata, pilosissima, cr. 40-50 mm longa, 5-9 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 7-15 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, obovatum, cuneatum, glabrum, cr. 2 mm longum, 1.5 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste ovatae, apice elongatae, subacutae, usque lanceolatae, margine subincrassatae, edentatae, non pilosae, subinvolutae, cr. 2 mm longae, 0.5-0.75 mm latae; corolla late tubulosa, exigua, profunde, fere ad basin laciniata, laciniis late lanceolatis, apicesubacutis, cr. 2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, cr. 3 mm longa, laciniis cr. 2.6 mm longis; filamenti basis, anguste lanceolata, vix dilatata, 2-3-plolongior quam latior; antherae breves, subrotundae, fere item latae ac altae; stilus gracilis, apice haud incrassatus, corollae fere 3/4 longitudine adaequans:stigmatis lobi 3, robusti, apice subobtusi cr. 2-plo longiores quam latiores, basi glandulis 3-evolutis. Capsula 3-locularis, obovata, subcuneata, glabra, parte superiore late conica, obtusa, usque hemisphaerica, calycis laciniis cr. dimidium longitudine adaequante.
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Growth support free-standing
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia serpentina world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145943-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819349
COL ID 5BTC7
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia serpentina