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Lobelia erinus

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Lobelia

edging lobelia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial herb.

Stems: Stems herbaceous, 1–2.5 dm long.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Lower blades ovate, obovate, or spatulate, upper ones linear, 0.5–2 cm long. Margins serrate to dentate, crenate or pinnatifid. Sessile to subsessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers (20–)50–200(–400) in terminal racemes. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx 5-lobed, lobes subulate, 2–8 mm long, sepals connate, tube adnate to ovary. Corolla zygomorphic, dorsally cleft almost to base, blue, rose, or white, often with a white or yellow center, 8-16 mm long, the lobes spirally revolute, tube suberect. Stamens 5, alternate with corolla lobes; staminal column glabrous; anthers sparsely pubescent, the upper 2 with apical tufts of white hairs; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits, coherent but separating after anthesis or connate and forming a tube into which pollen is shed; filaments distinct or connate above, attached to the epigynous nectary disk or to base of corolla, rarely adnate to corolla tube. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, often crowned with an annular nectary disk; ovule placentation axile, or when 1-celled with 2 parietal placentas; stigmas wet or dry, 2-lobed, appressed and nonreceptive as the style grows through the anther tube, pushing out the pollen, after which the stigmas spread apart and become receptive.

Fruit: Capsules obconical; 5–8 mm long; dehiscent at apex by 2 valves. Seeds numerous; smooth; brown; 0.3–0.5 mm long; with a straight; short to spatulate dicotyledonous embryo embedded in oily endosperm.

Ploidy: 2n = 14; 28; 42

Habitat: Cultivated and perhaps sparingly naturalized in disturbed sites.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Synonyms (86)

Dortmanna debilis var. natalensis Kuntze (1898)
Dortmanna erinoides (L.) Kuntze (1891)
Dortmanna erinus (L.) Kuntze (1891)
Dortmanna erinus var. bellidifolia (L.f.) Kuntze (1898)
Dortmanna flexuosa Kuntze (1891)
Dortmanna lavandulacea (Klotzsch) Kuntze (1891)
Dortmanna senegalensis (A.DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Enchysia erinoides (L.) C.Presl (1836)
Grammatotheca erinoides (L.) Sond. (1865)
Laurentia erinoides (L.) G.Nicholson (1885)
Lobelia acutangula (C.Presl) A.DC. (1839)
Lobelia algoensis A.DC. (1839)
Lobelia altimontis E.Wimm. (1952)
Lobelia bellidifolia L.f. (1782)
Lobelia benguellensis Hiern (1898)
Lobelia bicolor Sims (1801)
Lobelia bicolor lilacina T.Moore (1860)
Lobelia bicolor rosea T.Moore (1860)
Lobelia bicolor var. albida Van Houtte ex T.Moore (1860)
Lobelia bracteolata A.DC. (1839)
Lobelia candida Link (1821)
Lobelia chilawana Schinz (1900)
Lobelia densa Booth ex Bosse (1841)
Lobelia dortmannii Dammann (1894)
Lobelia erinifolia Salisb. (1796)
Lobelia erinoides L. (1753)
Lobelia erinus f. bicolor (Sims) Zahlbr. (1903)
Lobelia erinus f. compacta T.Moore (1860)
Lobelia erinus f. elata E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia erinus f. speciosa T.Moore (1860)
Lobelia erinus var. atrorosea J.Carter ex J.Dix (1861)
Lobelia erinus var. bellidifolia (L.f.) Sond. (1865)
Lobelia erinus var. bracteolata (A.DC.) E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia erinus var. gracilis L.H.Bailey (1900)
Lobelia erinus var. grandiflora Paxton (1843)
Lobelia erinus var. schrankii (Sweet) E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia erinus var. subvillosa E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia filiformis f. albiflora E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia filiformis f. multipilis E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia filiformis f. muzandazora E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia filiformis var. natalensis (A.DC.) E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia gordonii T.Moore (1864)
Lobelia jugosa S.Moore (1911)
Lobelia keilhackii E.Wimm. (1953)
Lobelia kohautiana Vatke (1874)
Lobelia lavendulacea Klotzsch (1861)
Lobelia lydenburgensis E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia melsetteria E.Wimm. (1968)
Lobelia montaguensis E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia natalensis A.DC. (1839)
Lobelia natalensis var. subulifolia Sond. (1865)
Lobelia nuda Hemsl. (1877)
Lobelia nuda f. hirtella E.Wimm. (1948)
Lobelia nuda var. rosulata (S.Moore) E.Wimm. (1952)
Lobelia nuzana E.Wimm. (1953)
Lobelia oranjensis E.Wimm. (1968)
Lobelia parvifolia Raf. (1837)
Lobelia paxtoniana T.Moore (1864)
Lobelia polyodon E.Wimm. (1952)
Lobelia procumbens J.Forbes (1833)
Lobelia pubescens var. simplex Kuntze (1886)
Lobelia raridentata E.Wimm. (1953)
Lobelia rosulata S.Moore (1903)
Lobelia rosulata f. hirtella E.Wimm. (1941)
Lobelia schrankii Sweet (1830)
Lobelia senegalensis A.DC. (1839)
Lobelia senegalensis var. turgida (E.Wimm.) E.Wimm. (1953)
Lobelia transvaalensis Schltr. (1922)
Lobelia trierarchii R.D.Good (1924)
Lobelia turgida E.Wimm. (1935)
Lobelia turgida var. peteri E.Wimm. (1941)
Lobelia violacea Bosse (1841)
Lobelia wildii E.Wimm. (1952)
Lobelia wildii var. arcana E.Wimm. (1952)
Monopsis conspicua Salisb. (1817)
Monopsis debilis var. conspicua Sond. (1865)
Monopsis simplex var. conspicua (Sond.) E.Wimm. (1948)
Rapuntium acutangulum C.Presl (1836)
Rapuntium bellidifolium (L.f.) Chaz. (1790)
Rapuntium bicolor (Sims) C.Presl (1836)
Rapuntium erinoides (L.) Mill. (1768)
Rapuntium erinus (L.) Mill. (1768)
Rapuntium flexuosum C.Presl (1836)
Rapuntium kohautianum C.Presl (1836)
Rapuntium krebsianum C.Presl (1836)
Rapuntium procumbens (J.Forbes) C.Presl (1836)

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 932 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:476 (H [single naturalized coll., Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, 1931]); Staples & Herbst 2005:217 (KEY, DESCR) [Note: single naturalized coll. in 1931 from Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park]

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lobelia erinus L. waimea district. cultivated plants purchased from no ka oi nursery. hanapepe PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 6743 Kauai BISH 9/14/2000
2 Lobelia erinus L. national park PRESERVED_SPECIMEN brumaghim, e. collector number: degener 8016 Hawaii BISH 6/14/1931
3 Lobelia erinus L. Cultivated plants purchased from No Ka Oi Nursery. Hanapepe. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 6743 Kauai PTBG 9/14/2000
4 Lobelia erinus L. Honolulu, purchased at Kilgo's nursery department. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN George Staples 814 Oahu PTBG 3/25/1992
5 Lobelia erinus L. Waimea District. Cultivated plants purchased from No Ka Oi Nursery. Hanapepe PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 6743 Kauai BISH 9/14/2000
6 Lobelia erinus L. National Park PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Brumaghim, E. Degener 8016 Hawaii BISH 6/14/1931
7 Lobelia erinus L. Honolulu, purchased at Kilgo's nursery department. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 814 Oahu BISH 3/25/1992
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