| Description | A small blue flowering Lobelia native to moist sites. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | moist |
| Soil & Site | native to bogs, stream edges, moist meadows, calcareous fens |
| Flowers | blue to purple with a white eye, 5 parted, top lip divided in two, lower divided in 3, irregular shape |
| Leaves | upper stem leaves are linear, lower leaves are spatulate (shaped like a spatula) |
| Dimensions | 5-13 inches |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Lobelia after Matthias de l'Obel (1538-1616), a Flemish botanist; also written as Matthias von Lobel. Lobelias are rich in poisonous alkaloids. |
| Notes & Reference | #46-Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin (Eggers and Reed), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz) |
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