NameThatPlant.net: Lobelia flaccidifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia flaccidifolia FAMILY Campanulaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia flaccidifolia FAMILY Campanulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Fold-ear Lobelia

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lobelia flaccidifolia FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lobelia flaccidifolia FAMILY Campanulaceae

4701

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Depression ponds, swampy woods along rivers and streams, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA, rare in SC

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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender
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

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