Garden lobelia

Lobelia erinus

The birth flower for May 17

Location: Copilot
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Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
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Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)
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Location: Hamanako Garden Park(Pacific Flora 2004)

Flower name
Garden lobelia
Scientific name
Lobelia erinus
Aliasルリチョウソウ, Lobelia, 瑠璃蝶草, Lobelia erinus, ルリチョウチョウ, 瑠璃溝隠, ロベリアエリヌス, Edging Lobelia, garden lobelia, trailing lobelia, ルリミゾカクシ
Place of originMalawi, Namibia and South Africa
Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens
Flowering seasonApril, May, June, July
Language of flowersAccomplishment

What is Garden lobelia

Birth flowers for May 17, Oct 30

The birth flower for May 17 is Lobelia(Lobelia erinus).
A drop of flowers and poetry, one each day. From Kagiken's Flower Guide, we deliver words that bloom softly in your heart.
Aqua (Waterdrop Poetry), Copilot(Illustration), Editing & Translation: Mizuho @Kagiken.

Lobelia(Lobelia erinus), Illustration by Copilot
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

💧Lobelia’s drop poem: “Whispers of Blue Ripples”

by Aqua

When tiny specks of blue come together,
a waterside scene is born.
With every falling drop,
the flowers swayed like ripples.
In a quiet place,
a cool sound gently spreads.

💧Lobelia’

Garden lobelia, scientific name: Lobelia erinus , is a non-hardy evergreen perennial or annual grass of the Campanulaceae family , native to Malawi, Namibia, South Africa.
A lot of florets resembling a rose and having a lip-like appearance come in the form of panicles coming out of well-branched thin stalks.
There are varieties of standing and dwarf.
The genus name "Lobelia" is a dedication to the Belgian botanist "Matthias de l'Obe".
The small name "erinus" seems to be a new Latin derived from "erinos" (an unidentified plant).
The same genera includes Lobelia richardsonii, Lobelia sessilifolia.

Common name: Garden lobelia,
scientific name:Lobelia erinus,
aka: lobelia erinus , edging lobelia, garden lobelia or trailing lobelia,
origin: South Africa,
living type: perennial and in Japan treat grass as annual on gardening,
plan height: 10-15 cm,
leaf: oval, leaf with serrated, leaf length 10 cm, leaf width:0.6cm,
asymmetric flowers, flowers: panicles and flower diameter: 2 cm, Corolla, lip-type, petal number: 5 valve in on valve is divided into left and right,
Under the three-valve base is cemented. Flower color: blue and purple, garden variety white, peach, flowering period: from April to June,
fruit: capsule and ripens fruit, fruit length:0.7cm, number of seeds: many uses: hanging baskets and flower beds.

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