Lobelia browniana Schult. APNI* Synonyms: Lobelia gibbosa var. browniana (Roem. & Schult.) F.M.Bailey APNI*
Description: Erect herb to 50 cm high, glabrous; stems often reddish.
Leaves few, linear to narrow-oblanceolate, 3–60 mm long, 0.2–4.5 mm wide, margins narrowly toothed or entire; ± sessile.
Inflorescence raceme-like, 1-sided; pedicels usually 2–14 mm long. Calyx lobes 1.3–3 mm long. Corolla 2-lipped, 9–14 mm long, blue, throat ± pilose; lower median lobe longest, 5.2–8.5 mm long; 2 upper lobes scarcely as long as tube, strongly recurved.
Capsule obliquely obovoid, swollen on upper side, 5–12 mm long. Seeds brown, irregularly angular, surface reticulate.
Flowering: Flowers Nov–February
Distribution and occurrence: All coastal and into the ranges in NSW. Occurs in dry sclerophyll forest and Callitris woodland.
NSW subdivisions: NC, SC, NT, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A. Tas.
Text by L. Murray. Leaf length edited by K.L.Gibbons, 8 Oct. 2021.
Taxon concept: Flora of Victoria 4 (1999)
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