Lobelia floridana, commonly known as Florida lobelia, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family (Campanulaceae) native the southeastern United States. It was first formally named in 1878 by Alvan Wentworth Chapman.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Lobeline Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lobelia paludosa — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Lobelia
- Species
- Lobelia floridana
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