Biology:Wahlenbergia gracilenta
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Annual bluebell | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Genus: | Wahlenbergia |
Species: | W. gracilenta
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Binomial name | |
Wahlenbergia gracilenta Lothian
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Wahlenbergia gracilenta, commonly known as annual bluebell, is a small herbaceous plant in the family Campanulaceae native to Western Australia.[1]
The erect to ascending annual herb typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.4 metres (0.2 to 1.3 ft). It blooms between May and December producing white-blue flowers.
The species is found on hillsides, amongst granite outcrops and in damp depressions in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-loamy-clay soils.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Wahlenbergia gracilenta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7386.
Wikidata ☰ Q15555511 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahlenbergia gracilenta.
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