Wahlenbergia sphaerica Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, a basi haud ramosus, superne subramosus, pilosus, cr. 20-30 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulis inferiore parte subconferta, superiore parte eum laxe investientia, subpilosa, brevia, anguste lanceolata, apice acuta, usque aculeos plures vel singulos gerentia, margine valde incrassata, dentibus singulis ornata, cr. 10 mm longa, 1.5-2 mm lata, haud involute. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 6-9 mm longis; ovarium 5-loculare, sphaericum, haud pilosum, cr. 1.5 mm longum, item crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, acutatissimae, apice aculeos plures vel singulos gerentes, margine incrassatae, edentatae, cr. 3.5-4 mm longae, 1/2 mm latae. Corolla subtubulosa, parum laciniata, laciniis late ovatis, apice acutis, fere item longis quam latis, cr. 7 mm longa, laciniis cr. 1.75 mm longis; filamenti basis anguste lanceolata, paullo dilatata, elongata, apice acuta, cr. 8-10-plo longior quam latior; antherae elongatae, apice subacutatae, cr. 4-5-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus elongatus, gracilis, apice haud incrassatus, corollam longitudine subadaequans; stigmatis lobi 5, tenues, lineares, apice subobtusi, subin voluti, cr. 4-5-plo longiores quam latiores. Capsula 5-locularis, sphaerica, glabra, cr. 3 mm longa, item crassa, parte superiore late conica, acuta, calycis laciniis cr. 1/3 longitudine adaequante.
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Subglabrous annual to 30 cm, branching above. Leaves linear, margins thickened, slightly toothed. Flowers in paniculate cymes, narrowly bell-shaped, ± 10 mm diam., blue, calyx lobes elongate, ovary 5-locular, scabrid. Capsules subglobose.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Wahlenbergia sphaerica world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145953-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819337
COL ID 5BTCH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia sphaerica Wahlenbergia sphaerica var. longifolia