Lobelia
lobelia
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Brook lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and Atlantic coast.
Habitat: Bogs, ponds and lakeshores, and seeps.
Origin: Native
Flowers: July-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Kalm's lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to the northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and Atlantic coast.
Habitat: Bogs, ponds and lakeshores, and seeps.
Origin: Native
Flowers: July-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Trailing lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.
Habitat: Fields, roadside, wastelots, and other disturbed areas, where escaping from cultivation.
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Flowers: May-September
Growth Duration: Annual
Water lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna)
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Oregon; circumboreal.
Habitat: In shallow water at the margins of ponds and lakes.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial