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Nuttall's lobelia

Lobelia nuttallii

Nuttall's lobelia
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. U.S.A. to Oklahoma
Climate
temperate

About

Lobelia nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family commonly called Nuttall's lobelia. It is native to the Eastern United States where it is found in coastal areas, with disjunct populations in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau. It is mostly found in habitats with wet, sandy, acidic soils such as flatwoods and southern bogs.

It is a small, delicate perennial that produces pale blue flowers in the late summer.

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 nuttallii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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