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Lobelia georgiana McVaugh. Georgia Lobelia. Phen: Aug-Oct. Hab: Swamps, floodplain forests, wet places. Dist: E. VA to Panhandle FL, inland to w. NC and e. TN.

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 – K1, K3, WH3; = Lobelia glandulifera (A.Gray) Small – S, McVaugh (1936a); < Lobelia amoena Michx. – W; < Lobelia elongata Small – RAB

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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 of plant© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Erik Danielson source | 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.

Comments:

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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