Campanulaceae
Devil's tobacco
Lobelia tupa
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Lobelia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 惡魔山梗菜
- English
- Devil's tobacco
- German
- Teufelstabak
- Japanese
- ロベリア・トゥパ
- Persian
- لبلیا توپا
- Spanish
- Tabaco del Diablo
Synonyms
- Dortmanna berteroi (A.DC.) Kuntze
- Dortmanna bicalcarata Kuntze
- Dortmanna mucronata (Cav.) Kuntze
- Dortmanna philippiana Kuntze
- Dortmanna tupa (L.) Kuntze
- Lobelia bicalcarata (Kuntze) Zahlbr. ex K.Schum.
- Lobelia bicalcarata Zahlbr.
- Lobelia feuillei hort. ex G.Nicholson
- Lobelia mucronata Cav.
- Lobelia mucronata f. hookeri (A.DC.) E.Wimm.
- Lobelia mucronata f. ovalifolia E.Wimm.
- Lobelia serrata Meyen
- Lobelia tupa var. berteroi (A.DC.) Reiche
- Lobelia tupa var. bicalcarata (Kuntze) E.Wimm.
- Lobelia tupa var. montana Reiche
- Lobelia tupa var. mucronata (Cav.) Reiche
- Lobelia tupa var. pavonii E.Wimm.
- Lobelia tupa var. tupa
- Rapuntium mucronatum (Cav.) C.Presl
- Rapuntium tupa (L.) C.Presl
- Tupa berteroi A.DC.
- Tupa cavanillesiana G.Don
- Tupa feuillei G.Don
- Tupa feuillei var. berteroi (A.DC.) Vatke
- Tupa feuillei var. macrophylla Vatke
- Tupa feuillei var. mucronata (Cav.) Vatke
- Tupa montana Phil.
- Tupa mucronata (Cav.) A.DC.
- Tupa mucronata var. hookeri A.DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to March (from 151 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Pablo Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bruno Avilez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sofía Rojas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bruno Avilez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Giovanni Scarmoncin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kiimelei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cristian Riquelme, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: dassori paul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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). About our plant data.