General Description: Perennial herb with stems that are
sometimes branched, 4-16 inches in length. The 4-15 narrow cauline leaves (3/8 to 2 inches long and 1/16 to 1/4 inch wide) are borne on the stem. The flowers occur in a terminal raceme and are mostly blue with a white or white and yellow eye, or are sometimes entirely white (1/4 to 1/2 inch long). I...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.214.3013 http://www1.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/fguide/pdf/loka.pdf |
| Summary: | sometimes branched, 4-16 inches in length. The 4-15 narrow cauline leaves (3/8 to 2 inches long and 1/16 to 1/4 inch wide) are borne on the stem. The flowers occur in a terminal raceme and are mostly blue with a white or white and yellow eye, or are sometimes entirely white (1/4 to 1/2 inch long). Identification Tips: L. kalmii is most similar to L. dortmanna, from which it may be distinguished by the presence of cauline leaves and the fact that it can occur where there is little or no standing, open water. The genus Lobelia can be distinguished from Downingia by the former having pedicellate flowers. Phenology: Flowers in late summer, beginning in late July and continuing through August. Range: Newfoundland to Pennsylvania, west to British Columbia, and Colorado to Hudson Bay and the southern Mackenzie |
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