Glade lobelia
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Lobelia glandulosa
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Campanulaceae
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Landscape Uses:
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Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens. |
Ecological Restoration Notes: |
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Availability: |
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Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries. |
Description: |
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Medium herbaceous wildflower. |
Height: |
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About 1-2 feet in height. Taller than broad. |
Growth Rate: |
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Moderate. |
Range: |
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Southeastern United States and Maryland south to the Monroe County Keys. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key. |
Habitats: |
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Wet pinelands, marshes and swamps. |
Soils: |
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Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to poorly drained sandy or limestone soils, without humus. |
Nutritional Requirements: |
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Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. |
Salt Water Tolerance: |
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Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. |
Salt Wind Tolerance: |
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Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. |
Drought Tolerance: |
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Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. |
Light Requirements: |
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Full sun. |
Flower Color: |
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Dark blue. |
Flower Characteristics: |
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Showy. |
Flowering Season: |
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Summer-fall. |
Fruit: |
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Inconspicuous capsule. |
Wildlife and Ecology: |
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Horticultural Notes: |
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Comments: |
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See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page and a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog about the pollination of Lobelia glandulosa. |
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Chuck McCartney, 1993 Everglades National Park, Florida
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Chuck McCartney, 1997 Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
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James Johnson, 2014 In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida Expand
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