Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Lobelia puberula
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Downy Lobelia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia puberula var. puberula
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lobelia puberula var. mineolana
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lobelia puberula var. simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-006:
Lobelia puberula
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia puberula
COMMON NAME:
Downy Lobelia, Hairy Lobelia
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9471
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190618_9256
June Greenville County SC
Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, coarsely to finely dentate to serrate, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_526
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190719_9954
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_20b
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120830_154b
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Lobelia lvs w obscure whitish callus-tipped & oft irregular or divergent teeth, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140816_770
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
Flowers borne in racemes [thus the terminal flowers mature last], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Steve Marlow snm140816_046
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
Flowers lack the inflated tube and striping of L. siphilitica, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0409b_27b
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
A fine-hairy stem and a one-sided raceme of purplish-blue flowers 3/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0409b_27c
September Greenville County SC
Calyx lobes lanceolate, rarely linear, 5-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0409b_28
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3239
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3318
September Greenville County SC
Margins of calyx lobes ciliate; corolla densely pubescent on the outside, per Keys, distribution, and taxonomic notes for the lobelias of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding & Barger, 2016).
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3318b
September Greenville County SC
Flowers fenestrate (with a slit or window on each side of the tube near the base), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Lobelia puberula
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia puberula var. puberula
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lobelia puberula var. mineolana
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Lobelia puberula var. simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-006:
Lobelia puberula
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia puberula
855
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Habitat: forests, openings, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a map from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US showing range and abundance.
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p195
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p122
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p121
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p052
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p402
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States P103
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p185
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p258
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p301
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p169
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p148