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Genus: Lobelia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid II > Order: Asterales >  Family: Campanulaceae

About 300 species (cosmopolitan, mainly tropics and subtropics), of which about 70 are native to southern Africa.

 

Lobelia valida 

Has a limited distribution within South Coast Fynbos and is considered Vulnerable.

Lobelia valida (Galjoenblom)

Lobelia sp.

Brenton Blue Butterfly Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa) in recently burnt area.

Lobelia sp.

Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa).

Lobelia sp.

Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa).

Other species

Lobelia erinus (garden variety)

In garden at Brenton-On-Sea (Western Cape, South Africa).

 

 

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