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Lobelia linarioides

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Identification
Isotype of Lobelia linarioides A.DC. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Thulin, M., Lobelia flaccida (C.Presl) A.DC. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Lobelia linarioides
  • Lobelia flaccida
  • Rapuntium linarioides
  • Lobelia pentheri

Flora

Entry for LOBELIA linarioides A. DC. [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 linarioides A. DC. [family CAMPANULACEAE], Prodr. p. 371
Rapuntium linarioides Presl [family ], ! Prod. p. 22. Comm. pl. Drege, p. 290.
Information
annual, glabrous; stem erect, much-branched, angular as the branches; leaves remotely serrulated, the lowest obovate-oblong, petiolate, middle ones lanceolate, subsessile; bracteæ linear, subentire; raceme loose; pedicels filiform, 2–3 times longer than the bracteæ; calyx-tube ovoid-obconical, twice shorter than the linear-acute, denticulate lobes; corolla 2–3 times longer than the calyx; capsule obovoid. 4–5 inches high, lateral branches often ascending. Leaves 4–8 lines long, the lower 2 lines, the middle 1 line wide, acute. Pedicels 1/2 inch long, erect. Flowers small, blue. Capsule 1–2 lines long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Grassy hills between Key and Gekau, and near Omtata, Drege. George, Dr. Pappe. Jan.-Oct. (Herb. D., Sd.)

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