Edging lobelia
Lobelia erinus L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 19 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Campanulaceae
Formerly Dortmanna erinoides, Dortmanna erinus, Dortmanna flexuosa, Dortmanna lavandulacea, and 46 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
- Annual or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 23 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pink, purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Afrikaans
- Wilde lobelia
- Asturian
- lobelia de xardín
- Czech
- lobelka modrá
- Welsh
- bidoglys yr ardd
- Finnish
- sinilobelia
- Chinese
- 六倍利, 南非山梗菜
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Lobelia erinus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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