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Lobelia pratioides (Poison Lobelia)

Synonyms: Dortmanna pratioides (homotypic); Dortmannia pratioides

Wikipedia Abstract

Lobelia pratioides, the poison lobelia, is a small prostrate flowering plant, native to Australia. The leaves are usually between 6 and 15 mm long. Pale blue or lilac flowers are produced from November to January in the species native range. The rounded fruits are around 5 mm long. The species occurs in damp areas within grasslands and grassy woodland in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. In Tasmania the species is listed as "vulnerable" under the TSP Act and in South Australia it is listed as "rare".
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Allergen Potential [1]  Low

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0