OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lobelia canbyi   FAMILY Campanulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia canbyi   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias (Lobelia, Campanulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016)

Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-009:

Lobelia canbyi   FAMILY Campanulaceae

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

Lobelia canbyi

 

COMMON NAME:
Canby’s Lobelia


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image of Lobelia canbyi, Canby’s Lobelia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_loca_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lobelia canbyi   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia canbyi   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias (Lobelia, Campanulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016)
Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lobelia canbyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-009:
Lobelia canbyi   FAMILY Campanulaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4864

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Depression ponds, Carolina bays, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolinas (historically in GA, but not recently seen)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

Flowers in a terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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