Lobelia tenuior

Common name: Slender Lobelia

Meaning of name:

Lobelia is named in honour of Matthias de l’Obel (1538 – 1616), a Flemish botanist and physician to King James 1 of England. Tenuior is a Latin word meaning thinner, narrower or more delicate.

Distribution:

Mainly occurs in near-coastal areas of the south west of Western Australia.

Description:

A herb to 50 centimetres tall. The blue flowers are produced from October to January.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2915025

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7408