Family: Lobeliaceae
Plant: A prostrate herb up to about 10cm high with winged stems.
Flowers: Mauve to pale blue tubular 5-lobed, fan-shaped flowers up to 1cm long solitary in leaf axils.
Flowering: November-January.
Fruit: Conical capsule 5-15mm long and 1.5-3mm diameter.
Leaves: Obovate to linear 2-8cm long and up to 2cm wide, soft, fleshy and with irregularly toothed margins.
Habitat: Common on wet rocks near the sea, in brackish marshes and along streams.
Features: Solitary mauve to pale blue fan-shaped flowers on winged stems in the leaf axils.
Name:
Lobelia After the Flemish physician and botanist Mathias de L’Obel
alata From Latin = winged (referring to its angular stems)
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Tubular/Bell- |
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shaped, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Blue, Mauve |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Soft, Succulent |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland, Beach strand |
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