Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia siphilitica, the great blue lobelia,[2] great lobelia,[3] or blue cardinal flower[4] is a plant species within the family Campanulaceae. 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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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Lobelia |
| Species: | L. siphilitica |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | |
It blooms from August to October.[5] It is a short lived perennial (with each plant living for only a few years).[5]
Although self-compatible, a flower is unable to offer pollen to itself and it must be pollinated by insects (primarily bees in the genus Bombus).[5]
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References
- "Lobelia siphilitica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Lobelia siphilitica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- "Lobelia siphilitica". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- Caruso, C. M. (2006), "Plasticity of inflorescence traits in Lobelia siphilitica (Lobeliaceae) in response to soil water availability", American Journal of Botany, 93 (4): 531–8, doi:10.3732/ajb.93.4.531, PMID 21646213
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