Lobelia glandulosa Walter. Phenology: Sep-Dec. Habitat: Seepage slopes, pitcherplant bogs, streamhead margins, pine savannas, pine flatwoods, margins of beaver ponds. Distribution: E. NC to s. FL, west to s. AL. Prior reports from the Piedmont are erroneous, most referring to L. elongata and L. georgiana. Previous reports from north of NC are based on confusion with the similar L. elongata; 'Lobelia glandulosa Walt. was reported by Kearney (Botanical Survey of the Dismal Swamp, 1901) from "open, fresh-water marshes of Northwest River (#2378)" ' (Virginia Botanical Associates 2022).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, GW2, K4, RAB, S, W, WH3, McVaugh (1936a), Spaulding & Barger (2016). Basionym: Lobelia glandulosa Walter 1788
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, lavender-blue-flowered perennial of seepage slopes, pitcher-plant bogs, streamhead margins, pine savannas, pine flatwoods and margins of beaver ponds.
Stems: Stems smooth to sparsely hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, linear to narrowly lanceolate, to 6 in. long, sessile, thick textured, often with hardened teeth on the margins.
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Flowers: Flowers few-20 in a one-sided, narrow, terminal spike; 1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; with 2 spreading lips, the upper lip smaller and 2-lobed, the lower one 3-lobed with a patch of hairs inside at the base. The calyx is cup-shaped with 5 narrow, toothed or entire lobes.
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Height: 1.5-3 ft.
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description: Erect, lavender-blue-flowered perennial of seepage slopes, pitcher-plant bogs, streamhead margins, pine savannas, pine flatwoods and margins of beaver ponds.
stems: Stems smooth to sparsely hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, linear to narrowly lanceolate, to 6 in. long, sessile, thick textured, often with hardened teeth on the margins.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers few-20 in a one-sided, narrow, terminal spike; 1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; with 2 spreading lips, the upper lip smaller and 2-lobed, the lower one 3-lobed with a patch of hairs inside at the base. The calyx is cup-shaped with 5 narrow, toothed or entire lobes.
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