Lobelia chamaepitys

chris_whitehouse suggested an ID*
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7mo
Lobelia chamaepitys
Lobelia chamaepitys
Flatpine Lobelia

• chris_whitehouse disagrees this is Lobelia coronopifolia Crownleaf Lobelia
  dippidydot commented
  7mo
  It does not have the pine leaves, so definitely not this one

chris_whitehouse commented
7mo
Ignore the name - it is nothing to do with pine trees but with looking similar to Ajuga chamaepitys, the Ground Pine of Europe.
L. chamaepitys and L. coronopifolia are very similar species with almost identical leaves and very similar flowers. L. chamaepitys has the leaves on a distinct stem with the stem visible between each leaf (as here), often more greyish in their hairs too. L. coronopifolia has the leaves clustered at ground level, without a distinct stem visible between the leaves. L. chamaepitys, the outer lobes of the flower are more spreading, whereas L. coronopifolia the lobes all point more or less forwards.

Posted on August 25, 2021 05:23 AM by evieb