Lobelia pedunculata

Matted Pratia at Tennent, ACT

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Identification history

	Lobelia pedunculata	21 Aug 2015	MichaelMulvaney
	Lobelia pedunculata	5 Aug 2015	KenT

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On boggy ground near swamp

4 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 Aug 2015

Probably OK. I need to see the leaves to make a positive ID on this.

KenT wrote:

8 Aug 2015

When I initially tried to identify this I used the Flora of NSW vol 3 edn 1 which placed this in the genus Pratia. Of the species reported occurring in the southern tablelands region (P. surrepens, P. puberula, P. pedunculata and P. species A) only P. pedunculata was reported to have corolla lobes sometimes with a darker central line which I think is present in my image. In the online version of the Flora of New South Wales of these four species only P. pedunculata and P. species A is now listed as being present in the southern tablelands region with P. species A (with a white corolla) occurring south from the Kosciusko area. Since P. surrepens and P. puberula are not in the current flora I assumed they were not recorded from NSW or were synonyms of P. pedunculata. I’ve yet to try and chase up the move of Pratia into Lobelia where perhaps more information might be found. At this stage I am wondering what other species my image might be considered to belong to? I hope to get back into this area this summer as I have quite a few plants to revisit from here and want to ensure I photograph the necessary features.

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 Aug 2015

PlantNET has not brought its website up to date. Pratia has been subsumed into Lobelia, and Pratia pedunculata and Pratia puberula are both Lobelia pedunculata. Here is the link in APNI: https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?product=apni&tree.id=3029293&name=%22Lobelia+pedunculata+R.Br.%22&max=100&display=apni&search=true I am probably being over-careful.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

22 Aug 2015

Thanks Betty will confirm as L. pedunculta, given leaf shape in top of photo

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