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Lobelia heterophylla Labill.
Wing-seeded Lobelia

Reference
Nov.Holl.Pl. 1:52 (1805)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect annual, herb, to 0.6 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Aug or Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Grey, white or yellow sand, red-brown gravelly sand, sandstone, granite, dolerite. Coastal plains and dunes, hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 June 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Belmont, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Capel, Carnarvon, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cue, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dowerin, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Manjimup, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Marshall, Mundaring, Murchison, Murray, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Wanneroo, Waroona, Wickepin, Wiluna, Yalgoo.