NameThatPlant.net: Lobelia canbyi

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lobelia canbyi FAMILY Campanulaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia canbyi FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-009:

Lobelia canbyi FAMILY Campanulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Canby’s Lobelia

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lobelia canbyi FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia canbyi FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-06-009:
Lobelia canbyi FAMILY Campanulaceae

4864

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Depression ponds, Carolina bays, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolinas (historically in GA, but not recently seen)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue-violet?
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, completely united
Bisexual

Flowers in a terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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