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Typical Lobelias
Lobelia
26 branches of this group, most-observed first
cardinal flower
speciesLobelia cardinalis
great blue lobelia
speciesLobelia siphilitica
Indian tobacco
speciesLobelia inflata
pale-spiked lobelia
speciesLobelia spicata
downy lobelia
speciesLobelia puberula
Kalm's Lobelia
speciesLobelia kalmii
Water Lobelia
speciesLobelia dortmanna
glade lobelia
speciesLobelia glandulosa
Nuttall's Lobelia
speciesLobelia nuttallii
Southern Lobelia
speciesLobelia amoena
Bay lobelia
speciesLobelia feayana
pale lobelia
speciesLobelia appendiculata
White Lobelia
speciesLobelia paludosa
Shortleaf Lobelia
speciesLobelia brevifolia
Gattinger's Lobelia
speciesLobelia gattingeri
Florida Lobelia
speciesLobelia floridana
Reverchon's Lobelia
speciesLobelia reverchonii
Southern Lobelia
speciesLobelia georgiana
Canby's Lobelia
speciesLobelia canbyi
Longleaf Lobelia
speciesLobelia elongata
Hybrid Cardinal Flower
hybridLobelia × speciosa
Foldear Lobelia
speciesLobelia flaccidifolia
streamhead lobelia
speciesLobelia batsonii
Boykin's Lobelia
speciesLobelia boykinii
Apalachicola lobelia
speciesLobelia apalachicolensis
Lobelia alanae
speciesLobelia alanae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Carl Linnaeus — Hortus Cliffortianus (1737)
Carl Linnaeus · 1737 · p.459
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.70
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 14)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.134
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.687
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.54
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lobelia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 999668.