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Campanulaceae
Lobelia

not marked as a favorite taxon Lobelia spicata Lamarck. Common name: Pale Spiked Lobelia, Palespike Lobelia, Highbelia. Phenology: Late May-Aug. Habitat: Meadows, woodlands, disturbed areas. Distribution: NS west to AB, south to GA, AL, MS, LA, OK, and MT.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, GrPl, GW2, K4, Mi, RAB, Tx, W; = Lobelia spicata Lam. var. originalis McVaugh — McVaugh (1936a); > Lobelia bracteata Small — S; > Lobelia leptostachys A.DC. — S; > Lobelia spicata Lam. — S; > Lobelia spicata Lam. var. campanulata McVaugh — F, G, NE, Tat, WV, McVaugh (1936a); > Lobelia spicata Lam. var. hirtella A.Gray — F, Il, NE; > Lobelia spicata Lam. var. leptostachya — Il, misspelling; > Lobelia spicata Lam. var. leptostachys (A.DC.) Mack. & Bush — C, F, G, Mo2, Pa, Tn, Va, WV, McVaugh (1936a); > Lobelia spicata Lam. var. scaposa McVaugh — C, F, G, Pa, Va, WV, McVaugh (1936a); > Lobelia spicata Lam. var. spicata — C, F, G, Il, Mo2, NE, NY, Pa, Tat, Va, WV. Basionym: Lobelia spicata Lam. 1792

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Lobelia spicata© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #5 of Lobelia spicata© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Lobelia spicata© Alan Cressler: Lobelia spicata, Road Glade, Ketona Dolomite, Bibb County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Lobelia spicata© Alan Cressler: Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys, Cedar Glade No. 6, Chickamauga Limestone, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of meadows, woodlands and disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems slender, angular, with rough hairs near the base; spreads by basal offshoots.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly sessile, narrowly oval to lance-shaped, to 4½ in. long, often with widely spaced teeth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a dense terminal spike, each on an ascending stalk flanked by 2 bracts; pale blue to white; about ½ in. long; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; opening to 2 lips, the upper lip split into 2 narrow, erect lobes and separated by a tube of fused, grayish anthers, and the lower lip divided into 3 wider lobes.

Fruits: Fruit an oval to round capsule.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of meadows, woodlands and disturbed areas.

stems: Stems slender, angular, with rough hairs near the base; spreads by basal offshoots.

leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly sessile, narrowly oval to lance-shaped, to 4½ in. long, often with widely spaced teeth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a dense terminal spike, each on an ascending stalk flanked by 2 bracts; pale blue to white; about ½ in. long; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; opening to 2 lips, the upper lip split into 2 narrow, erect lobes and separated by a tube of fused, grayish anthers, and the lower lip divided into 3 wider lobes.

fruits: Fruit an oval to round capsule.

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