North Carolina Wildflowers

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Lobeliaceae

Lobelia sp. Downy Lobelia (Lobelia puberula) with Clouded Skippers (Lerema accius)

Chatham Co., NC
20 Oct 2005

Palespike Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) Palespike Lobelia, Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Caswell Co., NC
17 June 2006

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

Palespike Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) Palespike Lobelia, Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Caswell Co., NC
17 June 2006

Palespike Lobelia (Lobelia spicata) Palespike Lobelia, Spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Caswell Co., NC
17 June 2006

Lobelia Lobelia sp., with a Swarthy Skipper.
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006

Perhaps this tiny-flowered plant is L. nuttallii

Lobelia Lobelia sp.
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006

Lobelia Lobelia sp.
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Durham Co., NC 20 Aug 2005

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

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Durham Co., NC 20 Aug 2005

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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