Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
Campanulaceae | Lobelia amoena | Southern Lobelia | Marshes, streambanks, seeps, floodplain forests. | W. NC and e. TN south through w. SC to c. GA and ec. AL; disjunct in FL Panhandle and Coastal Plain of GA and SC. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia apalachicolensis | Apalachicola Lobelia | Wet pine flatwoods, seepage areas, roadside ditches. | Endemic to Franklin, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla counties, FL | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia appendiculata | Pale Lobelia | Pinelands, prairies, roadsides, calcareous prairies, oak-hickory woodlands, pine flatwoods, loess plains grassland remnants, usually in mesic or dry soils; also in roadsides and pastures. | AR and se. KS south to LA and TX; disjunct east of the Mississippi in c. AL, MS, and e. LA. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia batsonii | Streamhead Lobelia | Wet streamheads, white cedar swamps, and seepage slopes. | Endemic to the Fall-line Sandhills Region of NC and SC. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia berlandieri | Berlandier's Lobelia | Along streams, other moist sites. | S. and se. TX south to s. Mexico. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia boykinii | Boykin’s Lobelia | Pondcypress savannas and depression meadows. | NJ and DE south to w. Panhandle FL, s. AL, and s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999). | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia brachypoda | | | C. and w. TX south to Mexico. | |
Campanulaceae | Lobelia brevifolia | Shortleaf Lobelia | Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, and bogs. | Endemic to the East Gulf Coastal Plain of c. and w. Panhandle FL, west through s. AL and s. MS to e. LA (Florida Parishes). | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia canbyi | Canby’s Lobelia | Depression ponds, Carolina bays, pine savannas. | NJ to GA in the Coastal Plain; disjunct in Coffee County (and other nearby counties), TN, and in Bartow County, GA, with other Coastal Plain plants. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia cardinalis var. cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Streambanks, riverbanks, marshes, swamp forests. | NB, QC, ON, MN, CO, UT, and s. CA south to c. peninsular FL, TX, and south through Mexico and Central America to Colombia. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia cardinalis var. phyllostachya | Southwestern Cardinal-flower | Creek-banks, other moist situations. | W. MO, s. NE, s. CO, s. UT and c. CA south to SON, TAB, and Honduras. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia chinensis | Chinese Lobelia, Creeping Lobelia | Tidal river banks. | Reported for s. NJ and adjacent PA (Rhoads & Block 2007; Kartesz 2010). | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia dortmanna | Water Lobelia | Ponds, shores. | NL west to AK, south to NJ, PA, MI, MN, SK, AB, and OR; also in Europe. Attributions to MD are not corroborated (W. Knapp, pers. comm., 2015). | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia elongata | Longleaf Lobelia | River and stream margins, floodplain forests, marshes, tidal marshes, bogs, pine savannas. | Primarily a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic from DE to se. GA, rarely inland onto the lower Piedmont of NC and SC. | |
Campanulaceae | Lobelia erinus | Edging Lobelia | Escaped or spreading from cultivation. to disturbed, open areas | Native of South Africa. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia feayana | Bay Lobelia, Feay’s Lobelia | Open, moist areas. | Ne. FL (Duval County) and e. Panhandle FL (Madison and Taylor counties) south to s. FL. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia flaccidifolia | | Depression ponds, swampy woods along rivers and streams. | C. SC and E. GA south into Panhandle FL, west to sw. AL (and presumably s. MS); disjunct in sw. LA and e. TX. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia floridana | Florida Lobelia | Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, depression ponds. | S. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and Panhandle FL west to LA; disjunct in se. NC (historically). McVaugh (1936) reports this species for Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC, based on a collection by MacFarlane in 1909 (PENN). The specimen is correctly identified and there is a written account of MacFarlane visiting the site on the label in 1909, so the record is plausible. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia gattingeri | Gattinger’s Lobelia | Calcareous glades. | Endemic to sc. KY south through c. TN to n. AL. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia georgiana | Georgia Lobelia | Swamps, floodplain forests, wet places. | E. VA to Panhandle FL, inland to w. NC and e. TN. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia glandulosa | | Seepage slopes, pitcherplant bogs, streamhead margins, pine savannas, pine flatwoods, margins of beaver ponds. | 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). | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia homophylla | Pineland Lobelia | Wet hammocks, ditches, pastures. | Ne. FL south to s. FL. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia inflata | Indian-tobacco | Fields, meadows, gardens, open woodlands, disturbed areas. | PE west to MN, south to GA, AL, se. MS, e. LA, s. AR, and se. OK. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia kalmii | Kalm’s Lobelia | Calcareous swamps. | NL (Newfoundland) and BC, south to PA, e. WV, OH, IL, and MN. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia nuttallii | Nuttall’s Lobelia | Pine flatwoods, bogs, pine savannas. | NY (Long Island) south to FL Panhandle on the Coastal Plain; less commonly disjunct inland to w. NC, w. SC, KY, and TN. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia paludosa | White Lobelia | Wet pine flatwoods, pine savannas, ditches, dune swales. | Se. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and FL Panhandle south to s. FL. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia pedunculata | Blue-star Creeper | Disturbed areas. | Native of Australia. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia, Purple Dewdrop | Forests, openings. | NJ, se. PA, s. OH,s. IN, s. IL, se. MO, AR, and OK, south to c. peninsular FL and s. TX. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia reverchonii | Reverchon’s Lobelia | Bogs and seepages. | W. LA and e. TX; reports from the Florida parishes of LA and MS appear to be in error. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia rogersii | McVaugh’s Lobelia | Bogs, wet pine savannas. | Endemic to the Gulf Coastal Plain of GA west to e. LA, rarely inland in adjacent provinces of AL. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Bottomlands, moist forests, ditches, wet meadows, streambanks. | ME, ON, MN, and WY, south to GA, AL, MS, AR, and TX. | 
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Campanulaceae | Lobelia spicata | Pale Spiked Lobelia, Palespike Lobelia, Highbelia | Meadows, woodlands, disturbed areas. | NS west to AB, south to GA, AL, MS, LA, OK, and MT. | 
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