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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lobelia canbyi
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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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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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
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)
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:
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p399
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p256
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p299
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