Lobelia berlandieri A.Dc.

Berlandier's lobelia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Lobelia

Characteristics

An annual herb. It grows 25-50 cm tall. Most leaves are from the base of the stem. The leaves are oval and 5 cm long. The leaves of the stems are smaller.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten. Caution: The leaves need to be cooked to remove alkaloids.
Uses poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Lobelia berlandieri world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:142090-2
WFO ID wfo-0000814708
COL ID 3VRFC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lobelia berlandieri Dortmanna berlandieri Lobelia calcarea Lobelia berlandieri var. berlandieri

Lower taxons

Lobelia berlandieri subsp. berlandieri Lobelia berlandieri subsp. brachypoda