. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Lobelia spicata Lam. Pale Spiked Lobelia. Fig. Lobelia spicata Lam. Encycl. 3: 587. 1789. L. spicata hirtella A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 6. 1878. L. spicata parviflora A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 6. 1878. Perennial or biennial, puberulent, smooth or roughish; stem strict, simple, leafy, i°-4° high. Leaves thickish, pale green, repand-dentate, crenulate, or entire, th
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Lobelia spicata Lam. Pale Spiked Lobelia. Fig. Lobelia spicata Lam. Encycl. 3: 587. 1789. L. spicata hirtella A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 6. 1878. L. spicata parviflora A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 6. 1878. Perennial or biennial, puberulent, smooth or roughish; stem strict, simple, leafy, i°-4° high. Leaves thickish, pale green, repand-dentate, crenulate, or entire, the basal ones commonly tufted, broadly oblong, oval, or obovate, very obtuse, narrowed into short petioles, 1 '—3J' long; i'-2' wide; stem leaves sessile, oblong, lanceolate, or spatulate, obtuse, the uppermost gradually smaller and acutish; flowers pale blue, 3"-$" long, densely or distantly racemose-spicate, the inflorescence sometimes 2° long; bracts linear, entire; pedicels very short, ascending; calyx-tube turbinate, usually glabrous, shorter than its subulate spreading, sometimes hirsute or ciliate lobes, the sinuses usually not at all append- aged; corolla-tube about zk" long and 1" thick. In dry, mostly sandy soil, or in meadows, Prince Edward Island to Saskatchewan, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisi- ana and Arkansas. Races differ in pubescence and in size of flowers. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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