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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 178-06-002:
Lobelia siphilitica
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Great Blue Lobelia
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JK Marlow jkm120815_567
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_570
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, irregularly crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_574
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_578
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm140906_312
September Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140906_312b
September Jackson County NC
Lobelia lvs w obscure whitish callus-tipped & oft irregular or divergent teeth, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lobelia_siphilitica
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lobelia_siphilitica_3
September
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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.
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Steve Marlow snm140906_035c
September Jackson County NC
Creekside/Riverside
The corolla tube is somewhat inflated and has several darker blue lines, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Steve Marlow snm140906_037
September Jackson County NC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm111008_901
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve