Madam-Fate
Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G.Don
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 71 cm
- wide
- —
Campanulaceae
Also called Madamfate
Formerly Isotoma longiflora, Isotoma runcinata, Laurentia longiflora, Lobelia longiflora, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- JamaicaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
- Height
- 48 cm to 94 cmRead from Wikipedia and Top Tropicals, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 35–35 cm; Top Tropicals 2–5 ft
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Top Tropicals, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia and Top Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia white; Top Tropicals cream, white
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Top Tropicals, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 許氏草, 馬醉草, 马醉草
- Simplified Chinese
- 马醉草
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 4.0
- 3D model: Hippobroma longiflora (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.