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Capebells
Wahlenbergia
Wahlenbergia is a genus of between 150–270 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution except for North America; the highest species diversity is in Africa and Australasia. Wahlenbergia species have dispersed widely, even to oceanic islands, and there are four species known from the island of Saint Helena, including the now extinct species W. roxburghii. The genus was named after Göran Wahlenberg (a Swedish botanist who taught at Uppsala University) by...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

southern rockbell
speciesWahlenbergia marginata

Australian Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia gracilis

Australian bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia stricta

African Blue Bell
speciesWahlenbergia undulata

New Zealand Harebell
speciesWahlenbergia albomarginata

Cape Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia capensis

Ivy-leaved Bellflower
speciesWahlenbergia hederacea

Tufted Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia capillaris

New Zealand bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia violacea

Fine Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia tenella

Creeping Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia procumbens
Wahlenbergia pygmaea
speciesWahlenbergia pygmaea

Yellow-Wash Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia luteola

Wahlenbergia nodosa
speciesWahlenbergia nodosa

Wahlenbergia linarioides
speciesWahlenbergia linarioides

Hare-Bell
speciesWahlenbergia androsacea

Wahlenbergia lobelioides
speciesWahlenbergia lobelioides

Wahlenbergia desmantha
speciesWahlenbergia desmantha

Fairy Bellflower
speciesWahlenbergia krebsii

Waxy Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia ceracea

Wahlenbergia subulata
speciesWahlenbergia subulata

Annual Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia gracilenta

Wahlenbergia loddigesii
speciesWahlenbergia loddigesii

Royal Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia gloriosa

South Coast Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia cinerea

Wahlenbergia longifolia
speciesWahlenbergia longifolia

Wahlenbergia thunbergii
speciesWahlenbergia thunbergii

Wahlenbergia huttonii
speciesWahlenbergia huttonii

Wahlenbergia lycopodioides
speciesWahlenbergia lycopodioides

Wahlenbergia virgata
speciesWahlenbergia virgata

Tadgell's Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia multicaulis

Limestone Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia calcarea

Wahlenbergia parvifolia
speciesWahlenbergia parvifolia

Wahlenbergia cuspidata
speciesWahlenbergia cuspidata

Showy Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia annularis

Wahlenbergia obovata
speciesWahlenbergia obovata

Wahlenbergia neorigida
speciesWahlenbergia neorigida

Wahlenbergia gymnoclada
speciesWahlenbergia gymnoclada

Wahlenbergia paniculata
speciesWahlenbergia paniculata

Pale Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia albens
Wahlenbergia rupestris
speciesWahlenbergia rupestris

Wahlenbergia grandiflora
speciesWahlenbergia grandiflora

West Coast Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia adpressa

Wahlenbergia oxyphylla
speciesWahlenbergia oxyphylla

Scallop Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia cernua

Blushing Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia rubens

Wahlenbergia ramosa
speciesWahlenbergia ramosa

Axil Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia axillaris

Wahlenbergia queenslandica
speciesWahlenbergia queenslandica
Wahlenbergia vernicosa
speciesWahlenbergia vernicosa

Wahlenbergia magaliesbergensis
speciesWahlenbergia magaliesbergensis

Wahlenbergia fluminalis
speciesWahlenbergia fluminalis

Tufted Bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia graniticola

Wahlenbergia madagascariensis
speciesWahlenbergia madagascariensis

Mallee Annual-bluebell
speciesWahlenbergia tumidifructa

Stemless Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia acaulis

Asparagus-like Capebell
speciesWahlenbergia asparagoides

Wahlenbergia rivularis
speciesWahlenbergia rivularis

Wahlenbergia saxicola
speciesWahlenbergia saxicola

Wahlenbergia denticulata
speciesWahlenbergia denticulata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119729.