Kalm's or Brook Lobelia |
Kalm's or Brook Lobelia |
Lobelia kalmii |
Bluebell Family - Campanulaceae/Lobelioideae |
Flowers, about ½ inch long, are bi-lipped with the upper lip having two, narrow,
flaring lobes and a three-lobed lower one. Leaves alternate, quite narrow and
entire or at most indistinctly toothed. (Photographed at Crow and Eagle Lakes – July and August) |
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Growing at shorelines and wet places, this generally short, delicate herb (6 to 12
inches tall) has blue to light mauve, white-throated flowers in a terminal, loose
arrangement. |