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Lobelia gibbosa

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Species of flowering plant

Tall lobelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lobelia
Species: L. gibbosa
Binomial name
Lobelia gibbosa
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Lobelia gibbosa, commonly known as tall lobelia, is a small herbaceous plant in the family Campanulaceae native to Western Australia.

The annual herb has an erect and slender habit. It typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.5 metres (0.3 to 1.6 ft). It blooms between November and March producing blue flowers.

The species is found on dunes and hills, on clay pans and among granite outcrops in the Wheatbelt, Mid West, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-loam soils.

References

  1. ^ "Lobelia gibbosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Taxon identifiers
Lobelia gibbosa


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