Wahlenbergia capillarisG.Don

WFO wfo-0000819585 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Jane Canaway
fig. a Jane Canaway, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-22 / obs. 165278586
Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Andrew Allen
fig. b Andrew Allen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163239202
Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Andrew Allen
fig. c Andrew Allen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141825660
Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Donald Hobern
fig. d Donald Hobern, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 36537068
Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Donald Hobern
fig. e Donald Hobern, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 19401528
Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Donald Hobern
fig. f Donald Hobern, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31193564
Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Russell Best
fig. g Russell Best, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75744657
Wahlenbergia capillaris, photographed by Russell Best
fig. h Russell Best, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75745527

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Wahlenbergia capillaris is native: New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia New GuineaNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandSouth AustraliaVictoriaWestern Australia
Native distribution of Wahlenbergia capillaris, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD
South Australia SOA
Victoria VIC
Western Australia WAU
New Guinea NWG ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Campanula capillaris G.Lodd.
  • Campanula gracilis var. capillaris R.Br.
  • Wahlenbergia communis Carolin
  • Wahlenbergia gracilis var. capillaris (R.Br.) A.DC.
  • Wahlenbergia multicaulis var. dispar N.E.Br.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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