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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Nuttall's Lobelia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-011:
Lobelia nuttallii FAMILY Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia nuttallii
COMMON NAME:
Nuttall's Lobelia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lonu_001_lvd
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Alan S. Weakley asw_204722489075717
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
The leaf blades of these basal rosettes are about 8mm X 6mm. — Alan Weakley
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JK Marlow jkm170520_914
May Sumter County SC
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170520_914b
May Sumter County SC
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0221
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120804_162
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers 3/8" long, light blue w white center & 2 greenish spots on lower lip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120804_165
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stem leaves linear, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, 1-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120804_166
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120804_280
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220809_9536
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Laura Godfrey lau_20220809_102142
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060903_012
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Calyx lobes linear to lanceolate, 1.5-3mm long, entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-011:
Lobelia nuttallii
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lobelia nuttallii
2026
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, bogs, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves often absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue/ Bluish-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, completely united
Bisexual
Flowers in a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p050
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p399
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p050
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p401
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p145
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p256
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p299
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p170
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p213
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