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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lobelia inflata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia inflata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 178-06-008:
Lobelia inflata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Indian-tobacco, Pukeweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_loin_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0407y_07
July Greenville County SC
Stem hairy and often branched, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_436
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flowers in leafy racemes; corolla tube 2-4mm long, longest lobes 2.5-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_436b
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Bracts longer than the pedicels. Calyx lobes linear, 2-7mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_440
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120804_132b
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves mostly sessile, 2-3" long, ovate, with toothed margins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Keith Bradley kab_lobelia_inflata_2910
August Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0410k_19
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0410k_22b
October Greenville County SC
The calyx becomes inflated in fruit, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.