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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Lobeliaceae
Lobelia inflata L.
Indian-tobacco
Lobelia: after Matthias de l'Obel (1538-1616), a Flemish botanist; also written as Matthias von Lobel
inflata: inflated
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 1'-3' tall forb, usually branched, finely hairy |
| Flower: | white to blue, 5-parted, 1/4" long, irregulaly shaped, top lip 2-parted, lower lip 3-parted; inflorescence a 4"-16" spike-like cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers from the ends of the branches; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | inflated |
| Leaf: | mostly stalkless, broad, oblong |
| Habitat: | sun to partial sun; disturbed sites, woods, forests |
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