Lobelia cobaltica S. Moore

cobaltica: cobalt-blue.

Decumbent annual or sometimes short-lived perennial herb. Stems several, up to 60 cm high, ribbed, densely hairy. Leaves very broadly ovate or deltoid, up to 2 × 2,5 cm, hairy on both surfaces; venation distinct beneath; margin coarsely toothed or scalloped; petiole up to 1 cm long, rarely longer, narrowly winged.. Flowers in lax 2-5-flowered racemes on long peduncles. Calys with very slender lobes up to 7 mm long, hairy. Corolla 17-23 mm long, deep blue with 2 whitish crests in the mouth of the tube.

Local

Restricted to the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.