Lobelia trullifolia Hemsl.
subsp. trullifolia

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Photo: Bart Wursten
At junction of Thazima-Kaperekezi rd and Chelinda rd, Nyika National Park

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Lobelia brassiana E. Wimmer Lobelia buchananii Baker Lobelia intertexta Baker Lobelia melleri Hemsl. Lobelia nyassae Engl. Lobelia nyikensis Baker Lobelia saliensis E. Wimmer Lobelia trullifolia Hemsl. var. saliensis (E. Wimmer) E. Wimmer Lobelia usambarensis Engl. var. hispidella E. Wimmer Lobelia usambarensis Engl. var. calantha E. Wimmer Lobelia wentzeliana Engl. Lobelia zombaensis E. Wimmer
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect to decumbent, annual or short–lived perennial herb, 4–60 cm tall, often purplish tinged towards the base, hairless or sparsely to densely pubescent. Leaves ovate to subreniform or rarely narrowly elliptic, 8–40 mm long; margin more or less crenate; petiole 2–15 mm long. Flowers in lax leafy racemes on filiform pedicels 20–45 mm long. Calyx–lobes very narrowly triangular, more or less erect or spreading, 2–7 mm long, entire. Corolla 9–16 mm long, short pubescent inside, hairless or pubescent on the lobes outside. long. Capsule more or less obovoid, hairless or pubescent with prominent valves 1·5–3·2 mm long.
Notes:	At least four subspecies have been described. Only subsp. trullifolia and subsp. minor Thulin have been recorded from Malawi.
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Habitat:	In grassland, along forest margins and on streambanks or roadsides, often in rocky places or on bare ground.
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Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Content last updated:	Monday 10 September 2018
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 160 - 161. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 198. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 80. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 37. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 64. Thulin, M. (1983). Lobeliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 126 - 127.

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