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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Lobelia siphilitica
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Great blue lobelia

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Lobelia siphilitica

Plant family

Bellflower (Campanulaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

A short-lived perennial wildflower that grows up to three feet tall. It blooms purple-blue flowers in July to September.
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Identification hints

Great blue lobelia prefers a moist or wet soil and is widespread east of the Rocky Mountains. 

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Great blue lobelia is beneficial to native bees. However, to humans, all parts of the plant are toxic if eaten in large quantities.

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia , Wyoming
HABITAT
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