Lobelia erinus L., 1753 22% complete

Garden lobelia

Sp. Pl.: 932 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lobelia erinus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 932 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Garden lobelia No source recorded
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Observations Trop. & S. Africa No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 18 cm
  • 17.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 60, 500, 564, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte Sourced
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Inflorescence type empty Not on the record
Maximum height 48 cm
  • 47.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 60, 500, 564, 918
Differs from sources
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced