Wahlenbergia tumida Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, parvus, a bas iramosissimus, superne ramosus, pilosus, cr. 10-20 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, solitaria, anguste lanceolata, apice subacuta, aculeos non gerentia, margine incrassata, dentibus singulis exiguis ornata, subpilosa cr. 4-5 mm longa, 1/2 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 15-20 mm longis, ovarium anguste fusiforme, acutatissimum, pilosum, fere 1 mm longum, 1/2 mm crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, apice acutissimae, aculeos plures gerentes, subpilosae, margine valde incrassatae, edentatae, involutae, cr. 1 1/2 mm longae, 3/4 mm latae; corolla tubulosa, pauce laciniata, laciniis fere item longis ac latis, late acutis, cr. 6 mm longa; filamenti basis pauce dilatata, lanceolata, fere 5-plo longior quam latior; antherae rectae, elongate, apice obtusae; stilus gracilis, apice incrassatus, corollae subaequilongus; stigmatis lobi 3, longi, tenues, apice subobtusi, subinvoluti. Capsula 3-locularis subfusiformis, acutatissima, pilosa, cr. 2.5 mm longa, 1 3/4-2 mm crassa, parte superiore late cylindrica, apice deplanata, calycis laciniis fere 3/4 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 tumida world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145984-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819373
COL ID 5BTDQ
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia tumida Wahlenbergia tumida var. gracilis