Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica L. - Bellflower family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 5.0 feet

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: White, Blue

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Great Blue Lobelia: Palthis angulalis

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
  • CAN:  Manitoba, Ontario
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.