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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia boykinii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Boykin's Lobelia - and a Plea for Rare Species Research from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Read more about Lobelia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia boykinii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-010:
Lobelia boykinii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia boykinii
COMMON NAME:
Boykin's Lobelia
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia boykinii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia boykinii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-010:
Lobelia boykinii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia boykinii
2342
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
Habitat: Cypress ponds and depression meadows, per Weakley's Flora
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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
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, completely united
Flowers in a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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