Lobelia dortmanna
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| Lobelia dortmanna L. |
Lobelia dortmanna (Water Lobelia) is a species of Lobelia native to cool temperate regions of northern Europe (the British Isles and northwest France east to northwest Russia) and northern North America (both coasts; Newfoundland south to New Jersey and west to the Great Lakes in the east, and British Columbia south to Oregon in the west).[1][2]
It is a stoloniferous herbaceous perennial aquatic plant growing to 70–200 cm tall in acidic pools and lakes up to 2 m deep. The leaves are linear to oblong, 2.5–7.5 cm long, produced in a basal rosette underwater. The flowers are 1–2 cm long, with a five-lobed white to pale pink or pale blue corolla, produced one to ten on an erect raceme held above the water surface. The fruit is a capsule 5-10 mm long and 3-5 mm wide, containing numerous small seeds.[3][4][5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ Flora Europaea: Lobelia dortmanna
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Lobelia dortmanna
- ^ Flora of NW Europe: Lobelia dortmanna
- ^ Washington State Department of Ecology: Lobelia dortmanna
- ^ BorealForest: Lobelia dortmanna
- ^ Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
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