Wahlenbergia subtilis Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus vel subadscendens, gracilis, elongatus, a basi ramosus, subpilosus, superne subramosus, glaber, cr. 20-25 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia vel breviter petioiata, caulis basin laxe investientia, late lanceolata usque spathulata, apice subacuta, margine valde incrassata, dentibus singulis vel pluribus exiguis ornata, subpilosa, undulata, cr. 15-20 mm longa, cr. 2-3 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 4-7 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, ovale, basi subcuneatum, non pilosum, fere 3 mm longum, 1.5 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, basi non dilatatae, apice subacutae, margine subincrassatae, integerrimae, capsula paullo longiores, non pilosae, apice subinvolutae, cr. 3 1/2 mm longae, 0.5 mm latae; corolla tubulosa, profunde laciniata, laciniis anguste lanceolatis, apice acutis, cr. 2.5-plo longioribus quam latioribus, cr. 4.5 mm longa, laciniis cr. 3.25 mm longig; filamenti basis anguste linearis, apice subacuta, ab utroque latere subsinuata, duplo altior quam latior; antherae parvae, graciles, apice subobtusae, 3-4-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus brevis, crassus, apice paullo incrassatus, corollae fere 2/3 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, robusti, subrotundi, apice subdeplanati, fere item longi ac lati, basi glandulis tribus evolulis, haud involuti. Capsula 3-locularis, ovalis, basi subcuneata, glabra, cr. 7 1/2 mm longa, 3 1/2 mm crassa, parte superiore late conica, apice subobtusa, calycis laciniis fere dimidium 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 subtilis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145970-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819369
COL ID 5BTCY
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia subtilis