Dopatrium lobelioides
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Dopatrium lobelioides
Identify Dopatrium lobelioides by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dopatrium lobelioides.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dopatrium lobelioides
- Genus
- Dopatrium
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Near cultivated fields, water logged fields and ponds
- Habitat type
- Wetland, Cultivated
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dopatrium lobelioides itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Dopatrium lobelioides
Dopatrium lobelioides is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in near cultivated fields, water logged fields and ponds. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Dopatrium lobelioides belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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