Lobelia tenuior R.Br. is a plant in the Campanulaceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lobelia tenuior R.Br.

Lobelia tenuior R.Br.

Lobelia tenuior (slender lobelia) is an annual blue-flowered herb native to coastal Western Australia.

Family
Genus
Lobelia
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Lobelia tenuior R.Br.

Lobelia tenuior R.Br., commonly called slender lobelia, is a small herbaceous plant in the Campanulaceae family, native to Western Australia. This is an erect, slender annual herb that typically grows between 0.15 and 0.5 metres (0.5 to 1.6 ft) tall. It produces blue flowers when it blooms between October and January each year. This species grows in sandy soils, found on sand dunes, among coastal limestone, and in low-lying coastal areas of Western Australia's South West and Great Southern regions.

Photo: (c) Hugo Innes, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Hugo Innes · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Campanulaceae Lobelia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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