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Giant Lobelia

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

Giant Lobelia
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Ethiopia
Climate
montane tropical

About

Lobelia rhynchopetalum, the giant lobelia, is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to Ethiopia. Its habitat is the Afroalpine climate of the Semien Mountains and Bale Mountains National Park. Recent study show that it is under a threat of climate change. The plant is a pachycaulous "palmoid" plant up to 6.5 m (21 ft) height of which up to 3.5 m (11 ft) is the violet-flowered inflorescence.

Other Lobelia plants

Aberdare Lobelia · Lobelia alsinoides · Southern lobelia · Apache lobelia · Trailing Lobelia · Lawn Lobelia · Pale lobelia · Lobelia archeri · Lobelia arnhemiaca · Boykin's lobelia · Shortleaf lobelia · Tall Lobelia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lobelia rhynchopetalum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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