| Lobelia douglasiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Lobelia |
| Species: | L. douglasiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobelia douglasiana F.M.Bailey | |
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.
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.
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. The specific epithet (douglasiana) may have been named after the politician John Douglas (1828–1904).
Distribution and habitat
This lobelia grows in moist soils, laterite and clay near watercourses in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
References
- "Lobelia douglasiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Lobelia douglasiana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- "Lobelia douglasiana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- Bailey, Frederick (1897). "Lobelia douglasiana". Queensland Agricultural Journal. 1 (3): 228. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780958034180.
- "Lobelia douglasiana". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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