Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia amoena
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is one of several wetland species of Lobelia that are quite similar, and thus you must take care in the identification. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia amoena var. amoena
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-004:
Lobelia amoena FAMILY Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia amoena
COMMON NAME:
Southern Lobelia
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
Jim Welch jim210825_173355
August Henderson County NC
)
Jim Welch jim210825_173526
August Henderson County NC
)
Jim Welch jim210825_173558
August Henderson County NC
)
Jim Welch jim210825_180919
August Henderson County NC
Lvs elliptic, ovate or broadly lanceolate; apex rounded, obtuse or short acute, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Jim Welch jim210825_181051
August Henderson County NC
All calyx segments entire, not toothed (ignore leafy bract), per Weakley's Flora (2020).
)
Sam Pratt sbp_0925
August Henderson County NC
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_003570
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
May be confused w less pubescent forms of L. puberula, but ...
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_03569
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
...corolla lacks hair and calyx lobes are often spreading or flexuous, per Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016).
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_3566
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaf margins toothed, shallowly crenate or almost entire, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_3567
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_3571
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm210907_3572
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm211012_4272
October Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia amoena
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia amoena var. amoena
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-004:
Lobelia amoena
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia amoena
852
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, streambanks, seeps, floodplain forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in NC Piedmont)
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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p195
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p114
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p184
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p145
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p258
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p301
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p170
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".