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Lobelia anceps

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Identification
Lobelia anceps L.f. [family LOBELIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for LOBELIA anceps Thunb. [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 530, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
LOBELIA anceps Thunb. [family CAMPANULACEAE], Prod. p. 40;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 180. DC. l. c. p. 375.
Rapuntium anceps Presl [family ], ! Prod. p. 14. E. Z. 2463.
Dobrowskya anceps Presl [family CAMPANULACEAE], ! l. c. p. 10.
LOBELIA decumbens Sims [family CAMPANULACEAE], Bot. Mag. t. 2277.
LOBELIA rhizophyta Spreng. [family CAMPANULACEAE], ! nov. Prov. Hort. Hal. 1818. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2519.
LOBELIA alata Lab. [family CAMPANULACEAE], ! nov. Holl. 1, p. 51, t. 72.
Rapuntium alatum Presl [family ], l. c. p. 14. Sieb. pl. ext. nov. Holl. n. 559. Zeyh. 1050, a.
Information
glabrous; stem erect, or ascending, branched, winged-trigonal; radical and lower leaves obovate, crenated, petiolate; cauline leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate, denticulate, decurrent; pedicels axillary, shorter than the leaf; calyx-tube cylindrical, much longer than the triangular lobes; corolla 2 or 3 times longer than the calycine lobes; capsule cylindraceous. A very variable perennial, erect or prostrate, easily recognised by the winged stem and branches, and the cylindraceous capsule. Leaves subfleshy, 1–2 inches long, the upper much smaller. Flowers blue, small. Calyx glabrous or pubescent. Capsule 4–6 lines long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Wet places and in rivulets throughout the colony; near Port Natal, Drege, J. Sanderson. (New Holland., New Zealand, Chili.) Var. β. in the Cape downs, E. & Z., Drege, 957. Zeyh. 1050, b. Dec.-Jan. (Herb. Thunb., Hook., D., Sd.)

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