Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lobelia xalapensis
lobelia
Annual herb, 1-5dm tall, with reddish stems and opaque leaf blades. The flowers are lavender to white (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Prefers forests, along streams and trails, and rarely in open areas (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Campanulales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Lobelia
Species
xalapensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Dortmannia monticola (Kunth) Kuntze, Lobelia cliffortiana var. xalapensis (Kunth) A.Gray fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Central Mexico to N. Argentina (POWO, 2023).
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- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lobelia xalapensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=254. Accessed 31 October 2026.