Lobelia douglasiana

Lobelia douglasiana is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a small, spreading herb with blue and white flowers.

Lobelia douglasiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lobelia
Species:
L. douglasiana
Binomial name
Lobelia douglasiana
Habit

Description

Lobelia douglasiana is a twining, slender annual 0.07–0.15 m (2.8 in – 5.9 in) high with white or blue flowers. Flowering occurs from April to August.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

Lobelia douglasiana was first formally described in 1897 by Frederick Manson Bailey and the description was published in the Queensland Agricultural Journal.[3][4] The specific epithet (douglasiana) may have been named after the politician John Douglas (1828–1904).[5]

Distribution and habitat

This lobelia grows in moist soils, laterite and clay near watercourses in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.[2][6]

References
  1. "Lobelia douglasiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. "Lobelia douglasiana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Lobelia douglasiana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. Bailey, Frederick (1897). "Lobelia douglasiana". Queensland Agricultural Journal. 1 (3): 228. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. "Lobelia douglasiana". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.


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