Lobelia siphilitica
Family
Campanulaceae
Common Name(s)
Great blue lobelia
Flowering Time
August to October
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign
Seeds turn rusty orange; plants begin to senesce and look chlorotic
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates
Late September to early October
Notes
Germination requires light (Cullina 2000).
Limited to moist open woods and other moist open places (Eilers and Roosa (1994). Seed output high, but no vegetative spread. Seedlings transplanted into the field had 0.0% survival after two years, with the field site a well drained open woods (Mottl et al. 2006).
Seed Cleaning
None
Storage
Dry
Restoration Potential
Low