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

COMMON NAME

Cardinal flower

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Lobelia cardinalis

Plant family

Bellflower (Campanulaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

This plant has dark green, lance-shaped leaves with fine toothed edges. It has cardinal red, tubular flowers with the three lower lobes appearing more prominently than the upper lobes.
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This plant blooms July to September. It grows 2 to 4 feet tall in moist locations along streams, low woodlands and springs.
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Cardinal flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. 

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
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