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Lobelia nuttallii - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Lobeliaceae

Habitat

Sandy swamps.

Associates

Distribution

On the coastal plain from Long Island to FL and TX, inland in the Appalachian region from southern KY southward.

Morphology

Herbaceous perennial by short offsets; stem erect or ascending 20-60 cm, simple or with a few erect branches, pubescent near the base, glabrous or nearly so above; lower leaves narrowly oblanceolate, to 4 cm, the upper smaller, linear, often closely ascending; racemes slender, loose; bracts linear or subulate, 2-5 mm, often with 1-4 callous teeth; pedicels 3-8 mm, with a pair of bracteoles at the base; sepals lance-linear, 2-3 mm; auricles non; corollas 1 cm, pale blue with a white center and two greenish spots; lower lip glabrous, but the tube sometimes hairy within; fruiting hypanthium subglobose, 3 mm.

Notes

Flowers July to September

Wetland indicator: OBL

This species is common in white cedar swamps and on the edges of wet savannas in southern NJ.  

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY.

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