Angled lobelia

Lobelia anceps

"Lobelia anceps", commonly known as angled lobelia, is a small herbaceous plant in the family "Campanulaceae" native to Western Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa.
Angled Lobelia Attractive fan shaped purple flowers in terminal spikes. The flowers have two lips with the lower lip dissected into three lobes and the upper into two small lobes. Leaves were long and narrrow. The plant seemed to have spreading habit with long tangled stems on the forest floor. Spotted on the side of a walking track by a conservation area, in dappled shade. Angled lobelia,Australia,Campanulaceae,Geotagged,Lobelia anceps,Summer

Appearance

The prostrate to ascending perennial herb typically grows to a height of 1.2 metres. It blooms between September and May and produces blue-violet-white flowers.
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Habitat

It is found along the banks of pools, creeks and rivers along coastal areas between the Mid West and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-peat-clay soils over granite or limestone.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyCampanulaceae
GenusLobelia
SpeciesL. anceps
Photographed in
Australia