Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Lobelia standleyi McVaugh |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 32A: 47 (1943) |
Native Range | Guatemala |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3100-3300m |
Description | glabrous, rooting, leaves numerous, imbricate, to 7mm long, ovate or suborbiculate, sessile, sharply serrate, flowers 1-3, solitary in upper axils, on straight peduncles |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale blue, white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C division in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring |
Territory | 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala) |