Boraginaceae
Wellstedia

Wellstedia somalensis Thulin & A.Johanss.

First published in L.J.G. van der Maesen & al. (eds.), Biodiversity African Pl.: 83 (1996)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Cushion-forming dwarf shrub or subshrub, up to 30 cm tall
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ± obovate, 3–7 x 1.5–4 mm, narrowing below into a petiole-like base, covered with appressed hairs up to c. 1 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers pale yellow to white, solitary in the leaf-axils
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-lobes 1.2–3 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube 1.5–2.5 mm long, with 4 thin thickenings 0.5–1 mm from the base inside, pubescent in upper part outside; lobes c. 1.2 mm long, entire, pubescent outside
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style 2–3 mm long, pubescent at least in lower part or glabrous; stigma lobes 0.25–0.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 1-seeded, 2–3 x 3–4 mm; dissepiment c. 2–2.4 x 0.6–1 mm, with a c. 0.4 mm long placenta; seed c. 2 mm long.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0