Lobelia roughii Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Lobelia

Characteristics

Glab. herb with pale yellow acrid sap. Roots ∞, rather stout, far-spreading; stems and branches tough, ascending through rock-debris; branchlets appearing above surface, up to ± 10 cm. long. Lvs thick, coriac., on broad flat petioles ± 5 mm. long. Lamina ± 10-20-(25) × 10-15-(20) mm.; obovate to broad-oblong to elliptic in outline, cuneately narrowed to base; coarsely, deeply dentate; teeth very narrow-triangular, blunt, elongating to ± 6 mm. Fls ± 10 mm. long, on stout peduncles up to 5 cm. long. Calyx 5-7 mm. long, persistent; lobes linear, thick, obtuse, elongating to c. 8 mm. in fr. Corolla white, hardly > calyx, split to near base into 2 lips; upper lip with 2 narrow segs, lower 3-lobed to c. ⅓ way; anthers not awned. Capsule coriac., ± 10-12 mm. long, broad-obovoid to suborbicular.
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Glabrous herb with pale yellow, acrid sap. Root system extensive. Stems tough, ascending through rock debris and rooting at nodes, to c. 10 cm tall above surface. Lvs with broad flat petioles c. 5 mm long. Lamina 10-20-(25) × 10-15-(20) mm, obovate to broad-oblong or elliptic, thick and coriaceous, prominently dentate with narrow triangular teeth, obtuse. Peduncles stout, to 5 cm long. Calyx lobes 5-8 mm long, linear, obtuse. Corolla c. 10 mm long, white, divided nearly to base; upper lip with 2 narrow segments; lower lip lobed to c. 1/2 way; lobes oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Capsule 10-12 mm long, broad-ovoid to suborbicular.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Lobelia roughii world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143788-1
WFO ID wfo-0000814956
COL ID 3VS8L
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Synonyms

Dortmanna roughi Lobelia roughii var. alces Lobelia roughii