PLANTS Profile for Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica (great blue lobelia)

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PLANTS Profile

Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica
great blue lobelia

Symbol:

LOSIS2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Campanulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica

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Distribution:
Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica


View Native Status

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica

View 27 genera in Campanulaceae, 48 species in Lobelia, 2 varieties in Lobelia siphilitica L.

Classification:
Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Campanulales
Family	Campanulaceae – Bellflower family
Genus	Lobelia L. – lobelia
Species	Lobelia siphilitica L. – great blue lobelia
Variety	Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica – great blue lobelia

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
Lobelia siphilitica
great blue lobelia		Possibly Extirpated
Massachusetts:
Lobelia siphilitica
great blue lobelia		Endangered
New York:
Lobelia siphilitica
great lobelia		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica

Lobelia siphilitica:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

FACW+

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lobelia siphilitica L. var. siphilitica

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528854.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 07:50 PM CDT