Family: Campanulaceae
great blue lobelia
Mark Mittelstadt
Dan Tenaglia
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)
Etymology: Lobelia: after Matthias de l'Obel (1538-1616), a Flemish botanist; also written as Matthias von Lobel
Plants: erect, perennial, 1'-4' tall forb
Leaves: thin, mostly oblong, narrowing towards the stalkless base
Flowers: blue, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" long, irregularly shaped, top lip 2-parted, lower lip 3-parted; inflorescence a 4"-12" crowded, spike-like cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms Aug.-Sept.
Habitat: full to partial sun; wet to moist; meadows, streambanks, shores; in sandy, loamy soil
Hazardous: Careful, this plant is hazardous!
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: erect, perennial, 1'-4' tall forb
Leaves: thin, mostly oblong, narrowing towards the stalkless base
Flowers: blue, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" long, irregularly shaped, top lip 2-parted, lower lip 3-parted; inflorescence a 4"-12" crowded, spike-like cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms Aug.-Sept.
Habitat: full to partial sun; wet to moist; meadows, streambanks, shores; in sandy, loamy soil
Hazardous: Careful, this plant is hazardous!
Conservation Status: Native
Great blue lobelia. Edges and openings in swamps and moist woods (hardwood, conifer, mixed), banks of rivers, streams, and ponds, lakeshores, wet thickets and shrub cars, marshes, sedge meadows, low prairies, fens, swales, pastures, abandoned fields, low spots, wet hollows, and seepage areas, mucky ditches, and roadsides, also bluffs along the Lake Michigan shoreline; moist to wet, neutral to ± calcareous ground.
Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 5, Wetland Indicator = FACW+ Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora: by T.S. Cochrane & H.H. Iltis: habitat, distribution infomation / flowering and fruiting times USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Dan Tenaglia's The Missouri Flora: Fabulous photographs; detailed descriptions; color and leave arrangement key. David G. Smith's "Delaware Wilflowers": Beautiful photographs; descriptions Illinois Wildflowers: Wonderful photographs; detailed descriptions; color and leaf arrangement key Southwest School of Botanical Medicine: Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora - 2nd Edition (1913) "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada"
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