Lobelia andrewsii

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Family Campanulaceae

Taxonomy: Lobelia andrewsii Lammers

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dortmanna gracilis (C.Presl) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Lobelia gracilis Andrews (nomenclatural synonym)
Lobelia gracilis Andrews var. gracilis (nomenclatural synonym)
Lobelia gracilis f. rosea (J.W.Loudon) E.Wimm. (taxonomic synonym)
Lobelia gracilis var. major Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Lobelia gracilis var. rosea J.W.Loudon (taxonomic synonym)
Rapuntium gracile C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kubiak_2009 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 38 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (10-55 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7 mm (2-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyynnnyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.03-0.2 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	14	19	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kubiak_2009	2	2	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.