Lobelia giberroa is a flowering plant of the bellfower family (Campanulaceae).[1][2] It is native to the Mountains of the Moon Massif (Rwenzori Mountains) in Uganda. It is the tallest of all the giant Lobelia species at up to 33 feet (ten meters). Its creme de menthe flowers form a spikelike raceme.[3]
| Lobelia giberroa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Lobelia |
| Species: | L. giberroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Lobelia giberroa Hemsl.
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References
edit- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, pp. 1324–5. London and New York: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-439903-7
- ^ "Distribution pattern and habitat preference for Lobelia species (Campanulaceae) in five countries of East Africa - PMC". Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ Graf, Alfred Byrd. Exotica. East Rutherford, N.J.: The Ruhrs Co. p. 1033.
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