Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Lobelia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers, Novon 8: 34 (1998)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Pratia macrodon Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 172 (1864)
 Description

Glabrous, semi-succulent herb, ± prostrate, forming small, dense, compact patches. Stems rooting at nodes, branched, rather stout. Lvs subsessile. Lamina ± 5–10 × 4–9 mm, broad-ovate to suborbicular, ± succulent, cuneate to rounded at base, coarsely toothed to nearly entire in upper part. Peduncle very short until after anthesis, eventually 3–5–(15) mm long, rather stout. Fls solitary, fragrant. Calyx lobes 2–3–(5) mm long, narrow-triangular; sinus wide. Corolla cream; tube cylindric, ± 10–13–(15) mm long, rather inflated towards base; lobes 5–9 mm long, linear-oblong to broad-oblong, spreading, often apiculate. Fr. 6–9 mm diam., globose, purplish.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Pratia macrodon Hook.f.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
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