Lobelia pubescens [dryand.]

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Lobelia

Characteristics

Stem and branches angular, pubescent or subhirsute, or the branches glabrous above; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute or subcordate, dentato-serrate; upper ones sessile, ovato-lanceolate and lanceolate, serrate or entire; flowers racemose; pedicels 2-3 times longer than leaf; tube of calyx ovoid, obconical, as long or shorter than the linear-subulate lobes; corolla 3 times longer than the calycine lobes.
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Spreading annual or perennial, stems to 50 cm. Leaves markedly pubescent, ovate, margins serrate. Flowers white.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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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Productivity -

Distribution

Lobelia pubescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143723-1
WFO ID wfo-0000815018
COL ID 3VS6Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lobelia alyssifolia Rapuntium incisum Dortmanna pubescens Lobelia incisa Lobelia pubescens Rapuntium pubescens Lobelia pubescens var. incisa Lobelia pubescens var. thunbergiana Lobelia pubescens var. rotundifolia Lobelia pubescens var. holopsida Lobelia pubescens var. pubescens