Irish wildflowers sitemap

Water Lobelia, Lobelia dortmanna
Photographs above and below right:
Jonathan Micheal. Inishbofin

Water Lobelia
Lobelia dortmanna
Plúr an locháin
Family: Campanulaceae

Flowering July-August. Aquatic perennial. Native.

Raceme of 3-10 drooping pale lilac flowers. Erect, unbranched, leafless, flowering stems rising 15-25 cm above water surface. Seed can remain viable for 30 years.Submerged rosettes of blunt-linear leaves. Slow-growing, in water depths less than 2m.

Found in acidic, stony lakes, usually mountainous. Locally common in the west of Ireland, counties Cork to Donegal.

     


     


Glenbeg, County Cork
Above: Water Lobelia. Glenbeg, County Cork. August 2008

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