Lobelia cliffortiana L.

Cardenala azul (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Lobelia

Characteristics

Corolla tube 3-3.5 mm, inside hairy. Pedicels less than 1.5 cm. Calyx tube 2-3 by 2 mm, lobes 2-2.5 by 0.5 mm, acute, entire. Corolla blue or blue-violet. Stem quadrangular, fistulose. Leaves broad-ovate, rather coarsely sinuate-dentate, 1.5-3.5 by 1-2 cm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.0 - 0.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Chest (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Lobelia cliffortiana world distribution map, present in Cuba, Dominica, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, and Réunion

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143098-1
WFO ID wfo-0000814525
COL ID 3VRJF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 631030
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Synonyms

Lobelia chenopodiifolia Lobelia cliffortiana Lobelia bisserrata Lobelia tetragona Dortmanna cliffortiana Rapuntium chenopodiifolium Rapuntium cordifolium Rapuntium cliffortianum