Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Lobelia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lobelia angulata G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 58 (1786)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Pratia angulata (G.Forst.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 43 (1844)
  • = Lobelia littoralis R.Cunn. ex A.Cunn.
  • = Pratia angulata var. minor Carse
  • = Pratia angulata var. arenaria Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 157 (1853)
 Description

Glabrous or almost glabrous herb, prostrate or decumbent, forming small to large mats or diffuse patches. Stems creeping, rooting at nodes, simple or branched, slender. Petioles 1–2–(5) mm long. Lamina 2–12 × 2–8 mm, broad-ovate to almost orbicular, usually ± coarsely sinuate-dentate, sometimes entire or nearly so, membranous to semi-succulent, often purple beneath. Peduncles to 6 cm long, slender. Fls solitary. Calyx lobes 2–4 mm long, linear to narrow-triangular. Corolla white, deeply lobed; lobes 7–15–(18) mm long, linear-lanceolate to elliptic or oblanceolate, purple-veined, acute or apiculate; lower lip spreading; upper lip ± spreading. Fr. 7–12 mm diam., broad-obovoid to subglobose, reddish purple to pinkish purple.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Pratia angulata (G.Forst.) Hook.f.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Pratia aff. angulata (AK 212143; Woodhill)]
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