Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Nuttall's Lobelia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-011:
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia nuttallii
COMMON NAME:
Nuttall's Lobelia
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lonu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170520_914
May Sumter County SC
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170520_914b
May Sumter County SC
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0221
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120804_162
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers 3/8" long, light blue w white center & 2 greenish spots on lower lip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120804_165
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stem leaves linear, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, 1-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120804_166
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120804_280
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Laura Godfrey lau_20220809_102142
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060903_012
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Calyx lobes linear to lanceolate, 1.5-3mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-011:
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia nuttallii
2026
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)
Habitat: pine flatwoods, bogs, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a map from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US showing range and abundance.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves often absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue/ Bluish-white
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, completely united
Flowers in a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p050
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p050
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p401
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p256
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p299
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p170
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p213