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



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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

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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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