Lobelia dunnii - Dunn's lobelia

Dunn’s lobelia (Lobelia dunnii) is a low, stress-deciduous perennial of wet spots in Southern California chaparral and coastal sage scrub, dying back to the ground each winter and regrowing in spring. It grows 0.1-0.5 m tall and 0.5-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Wet soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.1-0.5
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn’s Lobelia | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩