Isotype of Lobelia senegalensisA.DC. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] Verified by Thulin, M., Lobelia erinusL. [family CAMPANULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Lobelia rhizophyta
Rapuntium kohautianum
Lobelia erinus
Lobelia triquetra
Lobelia flaccida
Lobelia turgida
Lobelia senegalensis
Lobelia natalensis
Lobelia trierarchi
Flora
Entry for LOBELIA erinus L. [family CAMPANULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Annual or sometimes perennial herb, 5–70 cm high; stem terete or ribbed, glabrous to pubescent at least below. Leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, up to 15–75(–100) x (1–)4–20 mm, serrulate to dentate or crenate, glabrous to ciliate or pubescent. Flowers in lax racemes; bracts much shorter than to equalling the pedicels. Calyx-lobes 1.2–5 mm long, entire, usually glabrous. Corolla 7–13 mm long, usually blue. Anther-tube 1.2–2.4 mm long, usually ± pubescent on the back; 2 lower anthers each with a tuft of hairs and a hyaline appendage at the apex. Capsule with inferior part 3–8 mm long and valves ± 1 mm long. Seeds somewhat compressed, 0.3–0.4 mm long, almost smooth.
Range
N1 widespread in tropical and southern Africa, but very rare in north-east tropical Africa.
