Lobelia puberula
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photos courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Lobelia puberula |
| Common name: | downy lobelia |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 48" |
| Foliage: | alternate, small teeth, irregularly spaced; hairy on underside; stem covered with soft hairs |
| Flower: | irregular; blue with white centers |
| Flowering time: | late summer to mid-fall |
| Habitat: | moist open sandy ground |
| Range in New Jersey: | southern to central Jersey; lower part of Cape May peninsula, north along coast to Beesley's Pt., locally to Manahawkin; also locally in Cumberland, Salem, Monmouth and Mercer counties |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | New Jersey is its northern limit. Not a listed plant in New Jersey, but a nice find. bee pollinated |