Wahlenbergia Nodosa
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''Wahlenbergia nodosa'' (known as the Mouse-spoon Capebell or Muistepelkaroo) is a herbaceous plant in the family '' Campanulaceae'' native to the dry
karoo The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ''ǃ’Aukarob'' "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its ext ...
regions of South Africa. This species is similar to, and often confused with, ''
Wahlenbergia tenella ''Wahlenbergia tenella'' (known as the "Fine Capebell") is a herbaceous plant in the family '' Campanulaceae'' native to the southern Cape regions of South Africa. Description ''Wahlenbergia tenella'' has an erect-sprawling growth-habit. Its l ...
'' and ''
Wahlenbergia tenerrima ''Wahlenbergia loddigesii'' is a herbaceous plant in the family '' Campanulaceae'' native to the southern Cape regions of South Africa. Description ''Wahlenbergia loddigesii'' has a slender, rambling, diffuse-sprawling growth-habit. Its leaves ...
''.Adamson, R.S. 1955. ''The South African species of Lightfootia.'' Journal of South African Botany 21. p.195.


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nodosa Flora of South Africa Renosterveld {{Campanulaceae-stub