Lobelia nuttallii Roemer & J.A. Schultes. Common name: Nuttall’s Lobelia. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Pine flatwoods, bogs, pine savannas. Distribution: NY (Long Island) south to FL Panhandle on the Coastal Plain; less commonly disjunct inland to w. NC, w. SC, KY, and TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl7, G, GW2, K4, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, McVaugh (1936a), Spaulding & Barger (2016). Basionym: Lobelia nuttallii Roem. & Schult. 1819 "Urbasionym:" Lobelia gracilis Andrews 1803
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Delicate, erect annual found in flatwoods, bogs and savannas.
Stems: Stems slender, simple or with ascending branches, hairy below.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic, to 1½ in. long; linear and smaller above.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in loose, narrow, terminal racemes; pale blue to whitish or lavender; less than 1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; opening to 2 spreading lips, the upper one divided into 2 narrow, erect lobes, the lower into 3 wider lobes. The tubular calyx is bell-shaped with 5 narrow, pointed lobes.
Fruits: Fruit a rounded capsule.
Comments:
Height: 8-30 in.
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description: Delicate, erect annual found in flatwoods, bogs and savannas.
stems: Stems slender, simple or with ascending branches, hairy below.
leaves: Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic, to 1½ in. long; linear and smaller above.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in loose, narrow, terminal racemes; pale blue to whitish or lavender; less than 1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; opening to 2 spreading lips, the upper one divided into 2 narrow, erect lobes, the lower into 3 wider lobes. The tubular calyx is bell-shaped with 5 narrow, pointed lobes.
fruits: Fruit a rounded capsule.
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native range: eastern United States
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