Plant Index
Lobelia elongata
Lobelia elongata Small
longleaf lobelia
Image ID: 15414
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: LOELSCIENTIFIC NAME: Lobelia elongata
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-09-17
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: LOBELGENUS SCIENTIFIC: Lobelia
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Lobelia
GENUS SUMMARY: (contributed by D.D. Spaulding, T.W. Barger, and B.A. Sorrie)
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Vegetative Lobelia can be recognized by their milky sap, and the alternate leaves with obscure, whitish, callus-tipped, and often irregular or divergent teeth.
GENUS REFERENCES: Spaulding & Barger (in prep.)=X; Rosatti (1986)=Z; McVaugh (1936)=Y; Thompson & Lammers (1997); Lammers in Kadereit & Jeffrey (2007). Key based in part on X, Y, and GW.
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: CAMPANFAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Campanulaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Bellflower Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 80-82 genera and 2000-2400 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan. There is controversy about the circumscription of the family, specifically whether subfamily Lobelioideae should be recognized at the family level. Recent phylogenetic studies of the Campanuloideae also suggest that substantial rearrangements of generic boundaries will be needed (Crowl et al. 2014).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Rosatti (1986)=Z; Crowl et al. (2014); Eddie et al. (2003); Shulkina, Gaskin, & Eddie (2003); Lammers in Kadereit & Jeffrey (2007). [also see SPHENOCLEACEAE]
NCBG DESCRIPTIVES
INTRO: Erect perennial of river and stream margins, floodplain forests, marshes, bogs and pine savannas.STEMS: Stems mostly unbranched, smooth.
LEAVES: Leaves alternate, lance-oval to lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, usually sharply toothed and smooth.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers in a narrow, terminal spike (flowers mostly on one side), each on a short stalk with 2 narrow bracts at the base; blue; bilaterally symmetric and tubular; opening to 2 spreading lips, the upper one smaller and 2-lobed, the lower one 3-lobed. The calyx is also tubular with 5 spreading, linear lobes (teeth).
FRUITS: Fruit a rounded capsule.
COMMENTS: Primarily a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, rarely found inland (lower Piedmont, NC and SC).
HEIGHT: 1-4 ft.
DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb
LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:
FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Bilateral (Zygomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Aug-Oct
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| x | x | x | x | x |
BLOOM COLOR: Blue
| White | Red | Pink | Orange | Yellow | Green | Blue | Lavender | Purple | Violet | Brown | Not Applicable |
| x |
FRUITING PERIOD:
DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Bogs/pocosins, Bottomlands, Pine savannas
NATIVE RANGE: southeastern United States
HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Lobelia elongata is an excellent plant to include in a rain garden. Native along the coastal plain from Delaware to Louisiana, this plant does not mind a wet spot and can handle periodic inundation as a matter of course. The leaves are slender and grass-like. Its characteristic stick-out-your-tongue medium blue flowers are not as large as those of its showier kin, but the color more than makes up for the size difference.
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Cultural Notes:
SOIL MOISTURE: Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 6
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 9
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE: Bee Friendly, Butterfly Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:
GRIM ACCESSIONS
| acc_id | acc_num | acc_dt | coll_id | Action |
| 1970 | 1986-1761 | View |
GRIM PLANTINGS
| plt_num | acc_id | loc_num | pers_num | inst_dt | Action |
| 3154 | 1970 | 63 | NCBG staff | 1986-12-22 | View |
USDA PLANTS DATABASE
USDA Symbol: LOELUSDA Common Name: Longleaf Lobelia
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, DE, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS
| Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
| Status: | OBL | OBL |
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lobelia elongataCOMMON NAME:
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, G, GW, K, S, Va, X, Y; < L. elongata - RAB]
PHENOLOGY: Aug-Oct.
HABITAT: River and stream margins, floodplain forests, marshes, bogs, pine savannas.
COMMENTS: Primarily a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic from DE to se. GA, rarely inland onto the lower Piedmont of NC and SC.
RANGE MAP: Lobelia elongata.png
Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Campanulaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Bellflower Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 80-82 genera and 2000-2400 species, mostly herbs, cosmopolitan. There is controversy about the circumscription of the family, specifically whether subfamily Lobelioideae should be recognized at the family level. Recent phylogenetic studies of the Campanuloideae also suggest that substantial rearrangements of generic boundaries will be needed (Crowl et al. 2014).
REFERENCE: Rosatti (1986)=Z; Crowl et al. (2014); Eddie et al. (2003); Shulkina, Gaskin, & Eddie (2003); Lammers in Kadereit & Jeffrey (2007). [also see SPHENOCLEACEAE]
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Lobelia L. (Lobelia)
SUMMARY: (contributed by D.D. Spaulding, T.W. Barger, and B.A. Sorrie)
REFERENCE: Spaulding & Barger (in prep.)=X; Rosatti (1986)=Z; McVaugh (1936)=Y; Thompson & Lammers (1997); Lammers in Kadereit & Jeffrey (2007). Key based in part on X, Y, and GW.
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Lobelia elongata in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)UNC SERNEC: Find Lobelia elongata in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
WEB RESOURCES
USDA: Find Lobelia elongata in USDA PlantsNPIN: Find Lobelia elongata in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Lobelia elongata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Lobelia elongata
IMAGE USE RECORDS
ID IMAGE: 15414 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)ID IMAGE1: 15415 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 15418 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)
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