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Lobelia concolor

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Family Campanulaceae

Taxonomy: Lobelia concolor R.Br.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Isolobus concolor (R.Br.) A.DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Isolobus cunninghamii A.DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lobelia australiensis Lammers (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Pratia concolor (R.Br.) Druce (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pratia concolor (R.Br.) Druce var. concolor (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pratia cunninghamii (A.DC.) Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pratia cunninghamii (A.DC.) Hook.f. var. cunninghamii (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pratia erecta Gaudich. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pratia prostrata E.Wimm. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (6), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (23), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 102 records in 12 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.33 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 21.83 mm (6-45 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 9.75 mm (2.5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0-0.2 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); lanceolate (2); oblanceolate (1); oblong (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (4); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: Catford_2014; White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.07-0.07 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.9 mm (0.7-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231623VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_20202121M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_20231217S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231114N. 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/.
Catford_201466J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.