Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica L. - Bellflower familySize
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.