PLANTS Profile for Lobelia siphilitica (great blue lobelia)

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Lobelia siphilitica L.
great blue lobelia

Symbol:

LOSI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Campanulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Bettendorf, Pigeon Creek Park. 2002. Usage Requirements.

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Lobelia siphilitica L.

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Distribution:
Lobelia siphilitica L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (MB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Lobelia siphilitica L.

View 27 genera in Campanulaceae, 48 species in Lobelia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana
great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica
great blue lobelia

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lobelia siphilitica L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Campanulales
Family	Campanulaceae – Bellflower family
Genus	Lobelia L. – lobelia
Species	Lobelia siphilitica L. – great blue lobelia

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lobelia siphilitica L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
great blue lobelia		Possibly Extirpated
Massachusetts:
great blue lobelia		Endangered
New York:
great lobelia		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lobelia siphilitica L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lobelia siphilitica L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34531.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/15/2008 10:02 PM MDT