• Family : CAMPANULACEAE
  (Bellflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CAMPANULACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Lobelia bialata Merr.; Lobelia trialata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lobelia heyneana Roem. & Schult.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wet areas in Evergreen forests and moist grassy places
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m on thin layer of soil, along rock crevices, mud walls, drainages. Locally abundant
• Key identification features : Decumbent herb in marshy open soils; flowers rose-pink
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Collector(s) Name : Saldanha
• Collection Date : 15-10-1959
• Collection Nos : CS 4647
• Collection Locality : Palani Hills, Tamil Nadu
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Koraput district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : East Africa, Sri Lanka, India, China, Indo-Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lobelia heyneana. Downloaded on 7 May 2024.

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