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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia floridana
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
No other Lobelia in the Carolinas has large basal leaves, especially in comparison with very small stem leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia floridana
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias (Lobelia, Campanulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia floridana
COMMON NAME:
Florida Lobelia
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Alan S. Weakley asw_147606631584953
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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Alan S. Weakley asw_147606631584953b
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Note that the calyx has small auricles and the corolla tube lacks slit-like openings, per Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_2162557487264596
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Leaves flat, larger leaves 10-30cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia floridana
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia floridana
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias (Lobelia, Campanulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lobelia floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia floridana
4756
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Coastal Plain of North Carolina & Georgia
Rare in Coastal Plain of GA (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
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
Basal rosette & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Light blue, 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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