Common name:
Water lobelia
Family:
Scientific name:
Lobelia dortmanna
Main flower color:
Range:
Scotland, and scattered locations in the west of England, Wales and Ireland
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Still water along the edges of upland lakes, with acidic soils
Flowers:
White to pale lilac, up to 25 mm long; a tubular corolla opening to a narrow, two-lobed upper lip and a wider, three-lobed lower lip. The upper lip is angled at about 90 degrees. At the base of the flower is a ring of five short, blunt-pointed bracts
Leaves:
Narrow, linear, fleshy, in a submerged basal rosette; the smooth, hairless stems are leafless
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
