Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Procumbent or straggling perennial herb. Stems ribbed or narrowly winged. Leaves more or less broadly ovate to triangular, 25-80 mm long, more or less pubescent on both surfaces, particularly on the veins; margin coarsely; petiole 15-30 mm long. Flowers in lax, shortly pedunculate, 2-6-flowered racemes. Corolla 13-30 mm long, white mauve or blue with darker markings in the throat. Capsule 8-10-veined, more or less pubescent, with 2 valves 2.5-4 mm long.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lobelia baumannii Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157760
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Eastern DRC, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lobelia baumannii Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157760
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings