North Carolina Wildflowers

Lobeliaceae > Lobelia

Common in the NC coastal plain and piedmont, Downy Lobelia is variable in appearance.

Chatham Co., NC
20 Oct 2005

Common in the mountains and piedmont in NC in and along woodlands.

Endemic to the southeastern coastal plain, Longleaf Lobelia is common in marshy edges in NC.

Treated by some as Lobelia amoena Michx. var. glandulifera A. Gray, this species is rare to uncommon statewide in wet habitats in North Carolina.

Fairly common in the NC coastal plain and eastern piedmont in pine flatwoods, savannas, depressions, etc.

Glade Lobelia is distinguished from Longleaf Lobelia (species above) by having long hairs on inside lower lip of corolla.

Common in the NC piedmont and coastal plain (rare elsewhere), Nuttall's Lobelia grows in various moist soils from pine savannahs and pocosin to low woods.

Note the small, narrow stem leaves.

Uncommon to fairly rare in pine savannas in the NC coastal plain. Note pubescence on base of lower petal.

Very similar to Nutall's Lobelia, but Canby's Lobelia is slightly larger.

A good butterfly nectar plant and a great hummingbird nectar plant, this species grows along streams, wet ditches, and pond edges.

This lobelia was growing in a wet ditch and was nearly a meter tall.