PLANTS Profile for Lobelia spicata (palespike lobelia)

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PLANTS Profile

Lobelia spicata Lam.
palespike lobelia

Symbol:

LOSP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Campanulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Lobelia spicata Lam.

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Distribution:
Lobelia spicata Lam.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Lobelia spicata Lam.

View 27 genera in Campanulaceae, 48 species in Lobelia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Lobelia spicata Lam. var. campanulata McVaugh. .

Lobelia spicata var. campanulata
palespike lobelia

Distribution of Lobelia spicata Lam. var. hirtella A. Gray. .

Lobelia spicata var. hirtella
palespike lobelia

Distribution of Lobelia spicata Lam. var. leptostachys (A. DC.) Mack. & Bush. . Image Available.

Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys
palespike lobelia

Distribution of Lobelia spicata Lam. var. scaposa McVaugh. .

Lobelia spicata var. scaposa
palespike lobelia

Distribution of Lobelia spicata Lam. var. spicata. .

Lobelia spicata var. spicata
palespike lobelia

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lobelia spicata Lam.

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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 spicata Lam. – palespike lobelia

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 spicata Lam.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FAC

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lobelia spicata Lam.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34532.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 01:09 PM CDT