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Glade lobelia

Lobelia glandulosa

Glade lobelia
Photo: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain

Glade lobelia is a slender perennial wildflower native to the southeastern United States, typically found in open, moist woodland glades and savannas. It is grown mainly by native-plant enthusiasts who want its small blue flowers in a naturalistic or wet-meadow setting.

Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially during the growing season, and avoid letting it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, acidic, sandy or loamy soil with good organic content.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate zones; protect young plants from hard freezes and extreme heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Lobelia glandulosa, known as the glade lobelia, is a perennial flowering plant. It is in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. Its range encompasses North Carolina to southern Florida, and extends westward to southern Alabama. It is slender-stemmed with linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves.

Other Lobelia plants

Aberdare Lobelia · Lobelia alsinoides · Southern lobelia · Apache lobelia · Trailing Lobelia · Lawn Lobelia · Pale lobelia · Lobelia archeri · Lobelia arnhemiaca · Boykin's lobelia · Shortleaf lobelia · Tall Lobelia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lobelia glandulosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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