Lobelia perpusilla

Endemic At risk nationally uncommon.
• Scientific Name: Lobelia perpusilla
• Type: Native
• Plant Life-form Type: short
• Taxonomy: Hook. f.
• Presence: North and South Island
• Habitat: Lowland and upland on margins of water bodies, often submerged
• Temperature (°C): up to 28
• Hardness (ppm): Hardy
• Difficulty: Easy
• Propagation: Seeds and vegetative fragments
• Features: A creeping herb that forms a low turf when emersed, but erect leafy stems to 10 cm tall when submerged. Submerged leaves are narrow and toothed, up to 10 mm long. Flowers are white with 5 lobes, 8-10 mm long produced on emersed plants.
• Source: TIFBIS
• Synonym: Pratia perpusilla (Hook. f.) Hook. f.