| Lobelia douglasiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Lobelia |
| Species: | L. douglasiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobelia douglasiana | |
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.
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. [2]
Lobelia douglasiana was first formally described in 1897 by Frederick Manson Bailey and the description was published in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. [3] [4] The specific epithet (douglasiana) may have been named after the politician John Douglas (1828–1904). [5]
This lobelia grows in moist soils, laterite and clay near watercourses in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [2] [6]
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