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Lobelia preslii

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Identification
Lobelia preslii A.DC. [family LOBELIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for LOBELIA Preslii 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 Preslii A. DC. [family CAMPANULACEAE], Prod. p. 358)
Rapuntium cordatum Presl [family ], ! in E. Mey. Comment. pl. Dreg. p. 285, non. L. cordata, Willd.
Information
pubescent; stem ascendent, angular, branched at the base; leaves longish, petiolate, cordate, suborbicular, obtuse and lobed; petiole flat, broader at the apex; peduncle terminal, elongated, glabrous, few-flowered; flowers racemose, secundate; pedicels as long as the setaceous bractea; lobes of calyx linear, acute, erect, rather longer than the turbinate 10-nerved tube; limb of corolla hairy outwards. Perennial. Petioles 1–2 1/2 inches long, with spreading hairs. Leaves 6–8 lines in diameter with blunt teeth or lobes. Flower blue, not 1 inch long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Rocky Mts., Witbergen near Bambooshoek, 6–7000 ft. Drege. (Herb. Sd.)

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