Definition of Lobelia dortmanna

1. Noun. Erect perennial aquatic herb of Europe and North America having submerged spongy leaves and pendulous racemes of blue flowers above the water.

Exact synonyms: Water Lobelia
Generic synonyms: Lobelia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobelia Dortmanna

Llullaillaco
Llyr
Lo
Lo/Ovral
LoD
LoTAG
Lo dose
Loa loa
Loafer
Loasaceae
Lobachevskian
Lobachevsky
Lobamba
Lobata
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia dortmanna (current term)
Lobelia inflata
Lobelia siphilitica
Lobeliaceae
Lobipes
Lobipes lobatus
Lobo
Lobo's disease
Loboa loboi
Lobotes
Lobotes pacificus
Lobotes surinamensis
Lobotidae
Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation
Lobstein's ganglion

Literary usage of Lobelia dortmanna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"The pericycle includes sclerenchyma (with wide lumina) only in Lobelia dortmanna. There is no sclerenchyma in the soft bast. In Pratia montana, Hassk. and ..."

2. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"497, 3), Littorella, and Lobelia dortmanna. 2. Nymphaea-Hippuris type. Plants rooted in the ground, reaching the surface of the water by means of ..."

3. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"... Lobelia dortmanna, &c., the middle layer is soon destroyed to form lysi- ... in Lobelia dortmanna there is one on each side of a median persistent plate ..."

4. Memorials Journal and Botanical Correspondence by Charles Cardale Babington (1897)
"We found in the river below the lakes Pilularia globulifera, Lobelia dortmanna, and Nymphaea alba. The lakes, etc., were at least a foot higher than usual ..."

5. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Lobelia dortmanna. Lobelia dortmanna. (The principal indigenous British species. Habitat, shallow lakes.) N. 0. Lobeliaceae. Tincture of fresh plant. ..."

6. Extracts from the Literary and Scientific Correspondence of Richard by Richard Richardson (1835)
"8 Lobelia dortmanna. L. 9 I do not know what is designed by this name, which I do not find in ... 12 Lobelia dortmanna. L. 13 Isoetes lacustris. ft Huds. ..."

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