Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Campanulaceae
Lobelia inflata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Campanulaceae
Lobelia inflata

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Campanulaceae
178-06-008
Lobelia inflata

Common Name:
Indian-tobacco, Pukeweed

Forb
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC



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...Variable

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Lavender/Bluish-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens, completely united

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p150
All About SC Wildflowers p195
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p128
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p052
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p245
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p170
Wildflowers of Tennessee p257
Wildflowers of the Eastern US P103




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June
Greenville County SC

 

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July
Greenville County SC

Stem hairy and often branched, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.

 

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September
Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park

 

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October
Greenville County SC

 

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October
Greenville County SC

 

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October
Greenville County SC

The calyx becomes inflated in fruit, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.

 

"The current or most recent woody growth of the ends of a stem are the 'twigs.' The previous season's growth, more than a year old, is the 'branchlet,' sometimes called as second-year stem. A 'branch' is three or more years of age." — Ron Lance, Woody Plants of the Southeastern US, A Winter Guide