Lobelia setacea Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Lobelia

Characteristics

Glabrous; stems diffuse or erect, terete, striate, branched; leaves sessile, linear-setaceous, quite entire or obsoletely ciliato-scabrous; pedicels axillary, racemose, about as long as the leafy bractea, bibracteolate at the base; calyx scabrous, tube sub-hemispherical, shorter than the linear-acuminate lobes; corolla downy, 3-4 times longer than the calyx; capsule hemispherical, 10-costate.
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Tufted, erect or sprawling perennial to 60 cm. Leaves filiform to narrowly linear, margins entire or pinnatifid. Flowers blue or violet and white.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
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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Distribution

Lobelia setacea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143851-1
WFO ID wfo-0000814895
COL ID 6QM8D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lobelia glaucoleuca Dortmanna setacea Lobelia setacea Lobelia nematophylla Rapuntium setaceum Lobelia setacea var. parviflora