Chickweed Lobelia
Lobelia alsinoides
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Chickweed Lobelia
Identify Chickweed Lobelia 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Tiny chickweed-like leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Campanulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chickweed Lobelia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lobelia alsinoides
- Genus
- Lobelia
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wet areas in grasslands and also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Himalayas, Myanmar, East & West China, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chickweed Lobelia itself; the rest are typical of the Campanulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Chickweed Lobelia
Chickweed Lobelia (Lobelia alsinoides) belongs to the Campanulaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 10 other states. It grows in wet areas in grasslands and also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Campanulaceae
Bellflower Family
Chickweed Lobelia belongs to the Campanulaceae family.
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