Higher classification Lobelias | Subfamily Lobelioideae Scientific name Lobelia siphilitica Rank Species | |
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Similar Lobelias, Lobelia cardinalis, Asclepias incarnata, Eutrochium purpureum, Symphyotrichum novae‑angliae |
The great blue lobelia lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia siphilitica, the great blue lobelia or great lobelia, is a plant species within the Campanulaceae family. It is a herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. Growing up to three feet tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer.
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- The great blue lobelia lobelia siphilitica
- Great blue lobelia lobelia siphilitica flower seeds on www myseeds co
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It blooms from August to October. It is a short lived perennial (with each plant living for only a few years).

Although self-compatible, a flower is unable to offer pollen to itself and it must be pollinated by insects (primarily bees in the Bombus genus).

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