Wahlenbergia virgulta Brehmer

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Wahlenbergia

Characteristics

Caulis erectus, brevis, a basi ramosissimus usque fasciculari-ramosus, pilis brevibus dense obsitus, superne vix ramosus, glaber, 15-19 cm longus. Folia alterna, sessilia, solitaria, caulem dense investientia, anguste lanceolata, usque acicularia, apice acuta, atque aculeum unum gerentia, margine subincrassata, edentata, non pilosa, involutissima, cr. 6-8 mm longa, 1/2-3/4 mm lata. Flores breviter pedicellati, pedicellis cr. 2-6 mm longis, ovarium 3-Ioculare, obovatum, cuneatum, non pilosum, cr. 1 mm longum, item crassum; calycis laciniae anguste lanceolatae, elongatae, apice acutae, aculeum unum gerentes, margine subincrassatae, edentatae, subinvolutae, non pilosae, cr. 3 mm longae, 1/2-3/4 mm latae; corolla subtubulosa, pauce laciniata, laciniis fere item longis ac latis, subacutis, cr. 14 mm longa, laciniis cr. 3 mm longis; filamenti basis anguste triangulariter dilatata, usque anguste rhomboidea, non sinuata, elongata, cr. 5-plo longior quam latior; antherae elongatae, late Iineariae, apice subobtusae; stilus gracilis, elongatus, apice haud incrassatus, corollae fere 2/3 longitudine adaequans; stigmatis lobi 3, angusti, apice subobtusi, subinvoluti. Capsula 3-locularis, obovata, cuneata, glabra, cr. 1.5-1.75 mm longa, fere item crassa, parte superiore late conica, apice subacuta, 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 virgulta world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145995-1
WFO ID wfo-0000819550
COL ID 7G565
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Synonyms

Wahlenbergia virgulta