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Lobelia cardinalis


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Lobelia cardinalis
  • Scientific Name: Lobelia cardinalis
  • Common Name: cardinalflower
  • Symbol: LOCA2
  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Lobelia
  • Family: Campanulaceae
  • Family Common Name: Bellflower family
  • Order: Campanulales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
  • Flower Color: Red
  • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Foliage Texture: Medium
  • Fruit Color: Blue
  • Fruit Color: Blue
  • Edible: No
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    Scarlet Lobelia


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  • Scientific Name: Lobelia cardinalis
  • Common Name(s): Cardinal flower, scarlet lobelia
  • Edible: no
  • Medicinal: yes
  • Parts Used: root, leaf


  • your_comforting_company
    18 Jan, 2010

    showy red flower spikes with distinct shape of 3 lower petals with three curved upper petals. Found along creeks, streams, and ponds (wet sandy areas). Flowers in late summer. Oval-lance shaped leaves, toothed, dark green above, paler beneath.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    your_comforting_company
    18 Jan, 2010

    rarely used and condidered toxic, previously used as a substitute for indian tobacco.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
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    Scarlet Lobelia stalk and leaf detail stalk and leaf detail


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