Lobelia erinus
Dwarf Blue Lobelia, Bedding Lobelia, Edging Lobelia, Prickly Lobelia, Garden Lobelia, Trailing Lobelia, Common Lobelia, Edging blue lobelia
Description
An ornamental herbaceous plant with a globular and compact habit, ideal for creating dense cushion-like covers with luxuriant flowering that lasts for about three seasons, from spring to early-mid autumn, with a profusion of brightly coloured flowers that make the plant a focal point in mixed compositions with other ornamentals. It is very versatile and popular both for adorning flower beds and for embellishing terraces or balconies in pots, tubs and planters. Prefers cool summer temperatures and well-draining soil with preferably half-shaded exposures.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Lobelia
- Species
- Lobelia erinus
Synonyms (50)
- Dortmanna erinoides
- Dortmanna erinus
- Dortmanna flexuosa
- Dortmanna lavandulacea
- Dortmanna senegalensis
- Enchysia erinoides
- Grammatotheca erinoides
- Laurentia erinoides
- Lobelia acutangula
- Lobelia algoensis
- Lobelia altimontis
- Lobelia bellidifolia
- Lobelia benguellensis
- Lobelia bicolor
- Lobelia bracteolata
- Lobelia chilawana
- Lobelia densa
- Lobelia dortmannii
- Lobelia erinoides
- Lobelia gordonii
- Lobelia jugosa
- Lobelia keilhackii
- Lobelia lavendulacea
- Lobelia lydenburgensis
- Lobelia montaguensis
- Lobelia natalensis
- Lobelia nuda
- Lobelia nuzana
- Lobelia oranjensis
- Lobelia paxtoniana
- Lobelia polyodon
- Lobelia procumbens
- Lobelia raridentata
- Lobelia rosulata
- Lobelia salteri
- Lobelia schrankii
- Lobelia senegalensis
- Lobelia transvaalensis
- Lobelia trierarchii
- Lobelia turgida
- Lobelia violacea
- Lobelia wildii
- Rapuntium acutangulum
- Rapuntium bellidifolium
- Rapuntium bicolor
- Rapuntium erinoides
- Rapuntium erinus
- Rapuntium kohautianum
- Rapuntium krebsianum
- Rapuntium procumbens
