Wahlenbergia tomentosula Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, a basi ramosus, pilosus, superne subramosus, glaber, cr. 17-20 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, caulem laxe investientia, anguste lanceolata, apice subacuta atque aculeos plures vel singulos gerentia, margine incrassata, paucidentata, subpilosa, haud involuta, cr. 6 mm longa, 1/2-1 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 5-7 mm longis; ovarium 3-loculare, obovatum, cuneatum, pilosiusculum, cr. 1 mm longum, 3/4 mm lata. crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice subobtusae, aculeos plures vel singulos gerentes margine subincrassatae, dentibus singulis ± exiguis ornatae, subinvolutae, cr. 1 1/2-2 mm longae, 3/4 mm latae; corolla subcampanulata usque subtubulosa, pance laciniata, laciniis late subrotundis, apice subacutis, fere item longis ac latis, cr. 10-12 mm longa, laciniis 2 mm longis; filamenti basis triangulariter dilatata, subsinuata, fere duplo longior quam latior, antherae elongatae, tenuis, apice subobtusae, 5-6-plo longiores quam latiores; stilus erectus, gracilis, apice baud incrassatus, corollae fere 4/5 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, tenues, longi, apice subobtusi, involuti. Capsula obovata, cuneata, basi subfusiformis, pilosiuscula, cr. 1.5 mm longa, cr. 1 mm crassa, parte superiore subconica usque subcylindrica, apice pauce deplanata, calycis laciniis fere 1/3 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 tomentosula world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145978-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819380
COL ID 5BTDJ
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia tomentosula