Scientific Name: Lobelia surrepens

Common Name: mud lobelia

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Campanulaceae

Form Description: Hairless perennial herb with slender leafy stems, creeping or prostrate.

Flowers: Corolla pale blue or almost white, tube slightly longer than sepals, lobes narrow at base.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
BurnieCentral HighlandsDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

In short alpine herbfield and wet grassland in the eastern mountains.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Poorly-drained

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information