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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia nuttallii   FAMILY Campanulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia nuttallii   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-011:

Lobelia nuttallii   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lobelia nuttallii

 

COMMON NAME:
Nuttall's Lobelia


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image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lonu_001_lvd

        

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

Alan S. Weakley    asw_204722489075717

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

The leaf blades of these basal rosettes are about 8mm X 6mm. — Alan Weakley

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm170520_914

May    Sumter County    SC

Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm170520_914b

May    Sumter County    SC

Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm190726_0221

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm120804_162

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Flowers 3/8" long, light blue w white center & 2 greenish spots on lower lip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm120804_165

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Stem leaves linear, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, 1-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm120804_166

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm120804_280

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm220809_9536

August    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

Laura Godfrey    lau_20220809_102142

August    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Lobelia nuttallii, Nuttall's Lobelia

JK Marlow    jkm060903_012

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Calyx lobes linear to lanceolate, 1.5-3mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia nuttallii   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia nuttallii   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-011:
Lobelia nuttallii   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia nuttallii

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine flatwoods, bogs, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves often absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue/ Bluish-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, completely united
Bisexual

Flowers in a terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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