- Family : CAMPANULACEAE
(Bellflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Campanulaceae
- Synonym(s) : Lobelia bialata Merr.; Lobelia trialata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lobelia heyneana Roem. & Schult.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wet areas in Tropical evergreen forests and moist grassy places
- Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m on thin layer of soil, along rock crevices, mud walls, drainages. Locally abundant
- Key identification features : Decumbent herb in marshy open soils; flowers rose-pink
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 15-10-1959, 32-12-1971
- Collection Nos : CS 4647, CS 18227
- Collection Locality : Palani Hills; above Berijam Lake, Dindigul district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Mysuru district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Koraput district, Kalhandi district
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Shimla district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Central African Republic, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Oman, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Eritrea to Zambia, S. Arabian Peninsula, China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 433-434
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lobelia heyneana. Downloaded on 12 February 2025.
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