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Photographer: Janice Stiefel
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Family Lobeliaceae
Lobelia kalmii L.
bog lobelia, brook lobelia, fen lobelia, Kalm's lobelia, Ontario lobelia
Lobelia: after Matthias de l'Obel (1538-1616), a Flemish botanist; also written as Matthias von Lobel
kalmii: for Pehr Kalm (1715-1779)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-16" tall forb, mostly hairless |
| Flower: | deep blue to white, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/2" long, irregularly shaped, top lip 2-parted, lower lip 3-parted; inflorescence a loose, spike-like cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | basal leaves rounded at the tip and narrowing towards the base, stem leaves linear |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs, shores, meadows; in limy soil |
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