Campanulaceae

Edging lobelia

Lobelia erinus L.

Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lobelia

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Edging lobelia (Lobelia erinus) — FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)

Afrikaans: Wilde lobelia
Arabic: لوبيلية ايرينية
arz: لوبيليه ايرينيه
Azerbaijani: Erinus firəngotu
Chinese: 六倍利, 南非山梗菜, 山梗菜
Czech: Lobelka modrá, Lobelka drobná
English: Edging lobelia, Garden lobelia, Trailing lobelia
Estonian: Sinilobeelia
Finnish: Sinilobelia
French: Lobélie érine
German: Männertreu
hsb: Módra lubolinka, Módra lobelija
Indonesian: Sigarang susur
Japanese: ルリミゾカクシ, ルリチョウソウ, ルリチョウチョウ, ロベリア, ロベリア属
Korean: 로벨리아 에리너스
Norwegian Bokmål: Hagelobelia
Persian: لبلیا ارینوس
Russian: Лобелия эринус, Лобелия бордюрная, Лобелия длинночерешковая, Лобелия ежевидная, Лобелия садовая, Лобелия сенегальская, Лобелия синяя
Slovak: Lobelka drobná
Swedish: Kaplobelia
Welsh: Bidoglys yr ardd

Synonyms

Dortmanna debilis var. natalensis Kuntze
Dortmanna erinodes Kuntze
Dortmanna erinus Kuntze
Dortmanna erinus var. bellidifolia (L.f.) Kuntze
Dortmanna flexuosa Kuntze
Dortmanna lavendulacea Kuntze
Dortmanna senegalensis (A.DC.) Kuntze
Enchysia erinoides (L.) C.Presl
Grammatotheca erinoides (L.) Sond.
Laurentia erinoides (L.) G.Nicholson
Lobelia acutangula A.DC.
Lobelia algoensis A.DC.
Lobelia altimontis E.Wimm.
Lobelia bellidifolia L. ex B.D.Jacks.
Lobelia bellidifolia Thunb.
Lobelia benguellensis Hiern
Lobelia bicolor Sims
Lobelia bracteolata A.DC.
Lobelia candida hort. ex Link
Lobelia chilawana Schinz
Lobelia dortmanni Hort.Dammann
Lobelia erinifolia Salisb.
Lobelia erinoides L.
Lobelia erinoides Thunb.
Lobelia erinus f. bicolor (Sims) Zahlbr.
Lobelia erinus f. elata E.Wimm.
Lobelia erinus var. bellidifolia (L.f.) Sond.
Lobelia erinus var. bracteolata (A.DC.) E.Wimm.
Lobelia erinus var. gracilis L.H.Bailey
Lobelia erinus var. grandiflora Paxton
Lobelia erinus var. grandiflora J.Paxton
Lobelia erinus var. schrankii (Sweet) E.Wimm.
Lobelia erinus var. subvillosa E.Wimm.
Lobelia filiformis f. albiflora E.Wimm.
Lobelia filiformis f. multipilis E.Wimm.
Lobelia filiformis f. muzandazora E.Wimm.
Lobelia filiformis var. filiformis
Lobelia filiformis var. natalensis (A.DC.) E.Wimm.
Lobelia jugosa S.Moore
Lobelia keilhackii E.Wimm.

and 40 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to January (from 543 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alexandr Stanislavschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: liamm276, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Schubbay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cecile Roux, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Lesley Marrion-Cole, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.