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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias (Lobelia, Campanulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
COMMON NAME:
Fold-ear Lobelia
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias (Lobelia, Campanulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia flaccidifolia
4701
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Depression ponds, swampy woods along rivers and streams, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA, rare in SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender
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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