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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia georgiana
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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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. glandulifera
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-003?:
Lobelia elongata FAMILY Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia glandulifera
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Lobelia, southern lobelia
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Samantha Tessel sam091224_1664
September NC
Some calyx segments usually with slender, flexuous teeth (check several flowers), per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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Samantha Tessel sam091224_1667
September NC
Uppermost leaves distinctly sender-toothed with callus or gland-tipped teeth, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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Samantha Tessel sam091224_1668
September NC
Leaves usually thick with parchmentlike texture & often with bluish to gray-green sheen when dried, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia georgiana
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia amoena var. glandulifera
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-003?:
Lobelia elongata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia glandulifera
4532
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, floodplain forests, wet places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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:
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, completely united
Bisexual
Flowers in a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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".
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