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Lightfootia denticulata

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Name

Identification
Lightfootia denticulata (Burch.) Sond. [family CAMPANULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for LIGHTFOOTIA denticulata Sond. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 530, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
LIGHTFOOTIA denticulata Sond. [family ]
Campanula denticulata Burch. [family CAMPANULACEAE], Trav., vol. 1, p. 538.
Wahlenbergia denticulata A. DC. [family ], ! Monog. p. 152, t. 16. E. & Z. 2378.
LIGHTFOOTIA capillaris Buek [family ], in E. & Z. Enum. 2342.
Wahlenbergia corymbosa E. Mey. [family ], in Herb. Drege, and 4005, 6300, a. Zeyher, 1058, 1059.
Information
stem herbaceous, much branched as well as the branches glabrous or subscabrous; leaves alternate, linear, narrow, acuminate, glabrous or subpilose, with thickened remotely denticulate margins; flowers racemose-panicled; tube of calyx hemispherical; lobes linear, denticulate; corolla deeply 5-fid, longer than the calyx. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Eastern part of the Colony, Zwartkops and Krumrivier in Caffraria, near the Aapges, Caledon and Mooyeriver, and Port Natal, Burchell, Drege, Krauss, Eckl. and Zeyh. Nov.-Dec. (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)
Notes
A perennial herb, 1/2–1 foot, very leafy. Leaves alternate, ternate, rarely opposite, 4–6 lines long, 1/2 line broad, the upper smaller. Flowers numerous towards the tops of the branches. Pedicels unequal, spreading, capillary, 2–6, in L. capillaris, 6–10 lines long. Panicle few or many flowered. Calyx 2 lines long. Corolla 5-fid, at length nearly 5-parted; segments very narrow. Capsule hemispherical, 10-nerved; the 3 valves a little shorter than the base of the capsule. The plant I possess from Drege, under the name “ Wahlenb. Caffra, DC. ” agrees perfectly with L. denticulata.

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