Wahlenbergia capillacea (L.f.) A. DC.
subsp. tenuior (Engl.) Thulin

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Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts National Park

Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts National Park

Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts National Park

Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Pheza, slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts National Park

Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior

Photo: Bart Wursten
Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts

Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior

Photo: Bart Wursten
Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts

Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior

Photo: Bart Wursten
Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts

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Synonyms: Campanula capillacea L.f.
Wahlenbergia aberdarica T.C.E.Fr.
Wahlenbergia kilimandscharica Engl.
Common names:
Frequency: Locally frequent
Status: Native
Description:
Delicate, somewhat scrambling perennial herb, up to 50 cm high, growing from a thick taproot. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear, up to 30 mm long; margin flat or rolled up, entire or sometimes sparsely toothed on lower leaves. Flowers in a lax inflorescence. Corolla 5-13 mm long, blue, lobed for a quarter to a third of the length.
Notes: Subsp. cappilacea is found in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: In rocky places in montane grassland
Altitude range:
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Mozambique distribution: MS
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Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Thursday 15 May 2014
Literature:

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 31.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 64.

Thulin, M. (1983). Campanulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 94 - 95.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 90.

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Flora of Malawi: Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Wahlenbergia capillacea
African Plant Database: Wahlenbergia capillacea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Wahlenbergia capillacea
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Wahlenbergia capillacea subsp. tenuior.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157570, retrieved 19 March 2024

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