Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lobelia jasionoides (A.DC.) E.Wimm. |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 276a: 119 (1943) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-1600m |
Description | glabrous, leaves incised-serrate, the basal obovate or suborbiculate, petiolate, the upper sessile, linear, flowers compact terminal cyme, bracts dentate, corolla 5mm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C division in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Dortmanna corymbosa Kuntze Isolobus corymbosus (G.Don) A.DC. Isolobus corymbosus var. jasionoides (A.DC.) Sond. Isolobus corymbosus var. sparsiflorus Sond. Isolobus corymbosus var. spathulatus (R.D.Good) Adamson Isolobus jasionoides A.DC. Lobelia corymbosa Hook. ex Graham Lobelia goodii E.Wimm. Lobelia jasionoides var. sparsiflora (Sond.) E.Wimm. Lobelia spathulata R.D.Good Monopsis corymbosa (G.Don) C.Presl Monopsis corymbosa var. pedicellata C.Presl Pratia corymbosa G.Don Rapuntium corymbosum (G.Don) C.Presl Rapuntium corymbosum var. longifolium C.Presl |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |