Lobelia angulata
(G. Forst.) Hook. f.
Creeping pratia
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are cooked and eaten.
Where to Find It
It suits hardiness zones 7-9.
Asia, Australia, China, Indochina, New Zealand*, SE Asia, Thailand,
How to Identify
A herb. It grows 6-50 cm high and spreads 90 cm wide. It forms a carpet. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are reddish. They are 30 cm long. The leaves are bronze or dark green. They are almost round and are succulent. The flowers are white. They are almost without stalks. The flowers are 12 mm across. They have purple veins. There are 5 unequally spaced petals. The fruit is a large, bluish-red berry.
How to Grow
The plants can be grown from cuttings or rooted layers. Plants can also be grown from seed.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Lobelia angulata, previously known as Pratia angulata, and commonly known as pānakenake, or Lawn Lobelia is a small scrambling herbaceous plant native to New Zealand.
Notes
There are about 30 Pratia species.
Names & Synonyms
Panakenake
References (7)
- Anderson, E. F., 1993, Plants and people of the Golden Triangle. Dioscorides Press. p 214
- Crowe, A., 1997, A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand. Penguin. p 98 (As Pratia angulata)
- Cundall, P., (ed.), 2004, Gardening Australia: flora: the gardener's bible. ABC Books. p 1078 (As Pratia angulata)
- Fl. antarct. 1:43. 1844 (As Pratia angulata)
- Luo, B., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:56
- Matthews, J., 1987, New Zealand Native Plants for your Garden. Pacific Publishers, p 99 (As Pratia angulata)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Pratia angulata)
