Lobelia gibbosa

Tall Lobelia at Yass River, NSW

Lobelia gibbosa at Yass River, NSW - 8 Jan 2021
Lobelia gibbosa at Yass River, NSW - 8 Jan 2021
Lobelia gibbosa at Yass River, NSW - 8 Jan 2021
Lobelia gibbosa at Yass River, NSW - 8 Jan 2021
Lobelia gibbosa at Yass River, NSW - 8 Jan 2021
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Identification history

Lobelia gibbosa 20 Jan 2021 RWPurdie
Lobelia gibbosa 9 Jan 2021 SenexRugosus

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Hoping it's self-fertile as it's all alone. Last two photos were taken three weeks previously.

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RWPurdie wrote:
   20 Jan 2021
Name confirmed by Dave Albrecht at the Australian National Herbarium.
SenexRugosus wrote:
   20 Jan 2021
Thanks, RWPurdie and Dave Albrecht. Today we found another 6 specimens within a few metres, so this one is no longer alone. We have another colony a couple of hundred metres away.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Lobelia gibbosa Scientific name
  • Tall Lobelia Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1070m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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