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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Lobelia siphilitica
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-002:
Lobelia siphilitica
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lobelia siphilitica
COMMON NAME:
Great Blue Lobelia
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JK Marlow jkm120815_574b
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
1" bright blue flowers with a white throat stripe, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
JK Marlow jkm190914_1598
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lobelia lvs w obscure whitish callus-tipped & oft irregular or divergent teeth, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm190914_1600
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, irregularly crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm190914_1601
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The corolla tube is somewhat inflated and has several darker blue lines, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Steve Marlow snm140906_035b
September Jackson County NC
Creekside/Riverside
Calyx lobes 6-12mm long, denticulate & ciliate, base auriculate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.