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Campanulaceae
Lobelia

not marked as a favorite taxon Lobelia georgiana McVaugh. Common name: Georgia Lobelia. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Swamps, floodplain forests, wet places. Distribution: E. VA to Panhandle FL, inland to w. NC and e. TN.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Very close to L. elongata and inhabiting apparently the same habitats; additional taxonomic work is desirable. See McVaugh (1940) for an explanation of the need to replace the name L. glandulifera with L. georgiana.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl7, G, GW2, K4, Va, Spaulding & Barger (2016); = Lobelia amoena Michx. var. glandulifera A.Gray — WH3; = Lobelia glandulifera (A.Gray) Small — S, McVaugh (1936a); < Lobelia amoena Michx. — W; < Lobelia elongata Small — RAB. Basionym: Lobelia georgiana McVaugh 1940 "Urbasionym:" Lobelia amoena Michx. var. glandulifera A.Gray 1878

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Lobelia georgiana© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Lobelia georgiana© Dan Spaulding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dan Spaulding source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Lobelia georgiana© Dan Spaulding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dan Spaulding source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Lobelia georgiana© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Lobelia georgiana© Michael J. Papay, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michael J. Papay source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Lobelia georgiana© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Lobelia georgiana© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of swamps, floodplain forests and other wet places.

Stems: Stems unbranched, smooth (some hairs below).

Leaves: Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, to 3 in. long (reduced above), with scattered tiny teeth, whitish beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a narrow terminal spike, each on a short stalk flanked by 2 small, narrow bracts; pale blue; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; opening to 2 spreading lips, the upper lip smaller and 2-lobed, the lower one 3-lobed. There are 5 prominently glandular-toothed calyx lobes ("teeth").

Fruits: Fruit a rounded-dome-shaped capsule.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of swamps, floodplain forests and other wet places.

stems: Stems unbranched, smooth (some hairs below).

leaves: Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, to 3 in. long (reduced above), with scattered tiny teeth, whitish beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a narrow terminal spike, each on a short stalk flanked by 2 small, narrow bracts; pale blue; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; opening to 2 spreading lips, the upper lip smaller and 2-lobed, the lower one 3-lobed. There are 5 prominently glandular-toothed calyx lobes ("teeth").

fruits: Fruit a rounded-dome-shaped capsule.

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