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Lobelia laxiflora
Also called Mexican Cardinal Flower
Sierra Madre lobelia is a shrubby perennial from the Americas, grown for its tubular red flowers. Give it bright light, well-drained soil and moderate water in a warm climate.
Lobelia laxiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to the Americas, where it ranges from southern Arizona through Mexico and Central America to Colombia. It is known by several English-language common names, including Mexican lobelia, Sierra Madre lobelia, Mexican cardinalflower, looseflowers lobelia, and drooping lobelia. In Spanish and Nahuatl it is known as aretitos, acaxóchitl, and chilpanxóchitl. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
In general, this is a perennial herb, subshrub, or shrub usually growing up to about 1.5 meters in maximum height, but known to reach 3 meters. The leaves vary in shape, size, and texture. The inflorescence is a raceme up to 40 centimeters long bearing leaflike bracts and several flowers.
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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.
