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The Great Blue Lobelia is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. Growing up to three feet tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer.

It blooms from August to October. It is a short lived perennial .

Although self-compatible, a flower is unable to offer pollen to itself and it must be pollinated by insects.. more

Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Dec 13, 2019. Captured Aug 8, 2019 09:44 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm