Campanulaceae
Lobelia

Lobelia dissecta M.B.Moss

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 197 (1929)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to Burundi. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Lobeliaceae, Mats Thulin (University of Uppsala). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1984

Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial, erect to decumbent herb, 8–50 cm. tall, often purplish tinged towards the base.
Morphology Stem
Stem narrowly winged, glabrous or occasionally sparsely pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 7–15 mm. long, ± orbicular or triangular in outline, finely dissected into linear, acute segments, glabrous, subsessile or with a petiole up to 4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in lax leafy racemes or scattered in upper leaf-axils; pedicels 10–22 mm. long, glabrous; upper bracts usually tripartite, shorter than pedicels; bracteoles 0.5–1.5 mm. long, at base of the pedicel.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
Hypanthium very short, broadly obconical or practically absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-lobes linear-subulate, spreading, 3.5–5 mm. long, entire, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 7–12 mm. long, blue, often with white throat, split to 1–2 mm. from the base on the back, shortly pubescent inside, glabrous outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
Filaments pubescent below and attached to the corolla-tube at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anther-tube 1.2–2 mm. long, shortly pubescent on the back or glabrous; 2 lower anthers each with a tuft of hairs and a hyaline appendage at the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary subsuperior.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule with prominent valves 3–4 mm. long, much longer than the inferior part of the capsule.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds elliptic in outline, compressed, ± 0.5 mm. long, very finely striate, brown.
Habitat
Open short turf over rock; 2250 m.
Distribution
U1
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0