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Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.

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Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn. (1839)
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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A.Cunn.
A.Cunn.
1839
ICN
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
species
Lobelia physaloides

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physaloides

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Branching, erect to sprawling herb up to c. 1 m. tall, softly woody towards base; branches and branchlets ascending to spreading. Lvs alt., on petioles up to ± 10 cm. long. Lamina broad-ovate to ovate-oblong to elliptic-ovate, acute to subacuminate, (5)-7-15-(20) × (3)-4-6-10) cm.; membr., glab., or with a few scattered hairs, especially on main veins; margins sharply, finely to rather coarsely irregularly 2-serrate or serrate-dentate. Racemes terminal, (5)-10-15-(20)-fld, on ± pubescent peduncles, often subcorymbose. Fls on slender pubescent pedicels ± 2 cm. long; bracts near base, linear. Calyx-lobes ± 8 mm. long, narrow-triangular to filiform, ciliolate. Corolla ± pubescent, 3-5 cm. long, violet to pale or rather dark blue, or occ. whitish. Lower lip 3-toothed, upper deeply 2-cleft. Stamens connate; filaments free to c. ⅔ way to the awned anthers. Stigma exserted; lobes oblong, spreading, c. 2 mm. long. Berry subglobose, 10-15 mm. diam., blue to whitish.
Erect to spreading, branched herb or subshrub. Stems to c. 1 m tall, somewhat woody towards base. Petioles to 10 cm long. Lamina (5)-7-20-(22) × (3)-4-10-(13) cm, ovate or ovate-elliptic, occasionally elliptic, glabrous or puberulent on main veins, sometimes with scattered hairs elsewhere, coarsely and irregularly serrate-dentate, cuneate or attenuate at base, acute to shortly acuminate at apex. Infl. a terminal, few- to many-flowered raceme clothed in short hairs. Pedicels slender, 1.5-2.5 cm long; bracts often > 5 mm long, linear-subulate. Calyx lobes 5-8 mm long, narrow-triangular to linear-subulate. Corolla 3-5 cm long, usually pale to deep blue or violet, occasionally whitish, deeply lobed with lobes acute; lower lip 3-lobed, hairy; upper lip 2-lobed, the lobes c. 1.5-3.5 cm long and spreading. Fr. 10-15 mm diam., subglobose, blue or, less commonly, whitish.

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Colensoa physaloides (A.Cunn.) Hook.f.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Colensoa physaloides (A.Cunn.) Hook.f.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.

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Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Lobelia physaloides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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ce2c0f5f-a943-4fa6-bb49-eaeb3bb012ff
scientific name
Names_Plants
16 May 2006
10 November 2014
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