Lobelia reverchonii
(Downy Lobelia)
Lobelia reverchonii, Scrappin’ Valley, Newton Co. 3827
Lobelia reverchonii, Scrappin’ Valley, Newton Co. 3834
Lobelia reverchonii, Scrappin’ Valley, Newton Co. 3828
Lobelia reverchonii, Scrappin’ Valley, Newton Co. 3836
| Scientific Name | Lobelia reverchonii (Lobelia puberula var. pauciflora) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | LOPUP |
| Common Name | Reverchon's Lobelia, Downy Lobelia | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 34530 |
| Family | Campanulaceae (Bellflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Moist to wet sandy or loam soils in woods, bogs, marshes, roadsides and ditches. Plant: Erect perennial up to 40 inches tall, with stems covered with spreading soft hairs. Leaves: Alternate, linear to linear-oblanceolate, up to 5-1/2 inches long and 5/8 inches wide; blades are sessile and have toothed edges. Inflorescence: Racemes with 10 or less flowers about an inch apart, each about 1 inch long with blue to bluish-purple tubular 2-lipped blossoms; lower lip has three broad, spreading, recurved lobes; upper lip deeply divided into two narrow, reflexed lobes; stamens are united with a bluish-grey anther tube; calyx lobes are ovate to ovate-lanceolate with tuft of hair at base; pedicels and calyx covered with spreading soft hairs; bracts between flowers are lanceolate and about 1-inch long. Blooming Period: Fall. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Phylogenetic Relationships of Twenty-One Species of Lobelia" by Wray M. Bowden and iNaturalist. |
BONAP Distribution Map Lobelia puberula var. paucifloraMap Color Key |
Texas Status: Native |
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