Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Lobelia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lobelia roughii Hook.f.
Vernacular Name(s):
Scree lobelia
 Description

Glabrous herb with pale yellow, acrid sap. Root system extensive. Stems tough, ascending through rock debris and rooting at nodes, to c. 10 cm tall above surface. Lvs with broad flat petioles c. 5 mm long. Lamina 10–20–(25) × 10–15–(20) mm, obovate to broad-oblong or elliptic, thick and coriaceous, prominently dentate with narrow triangular teeth, obtuse. Peduncles stout, to 5 cm long. Calyx lobes 5–8 mm long, linear, obtuse. Corolla c. 10 mm long, white, divided nearly to base; upper lip with 2 narrow segments; lower lip lobed to c. 1/2 way; lobes oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Capsule 10–12 mm long, broad-ovoid to suborbicular.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Feb.

 Bibliography
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]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]