Botanical name: | Lobelia boykinii |
Common name: | Boykin's lobelia |
Group: | dicot |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Growth type: | forb/herb |
Duration: | perennial |
Origin: | native |
Plant height: | 1.5' - 2.5' |
Foliage: | long needle like leaves which often fall before plant flowers |
Flower: | blue to white flowers |
Flowering time: | May - July |
Habitat: | wet sandy spots in Pine barrens, semi-aquatic, reaching northern limit of its range |
Range in New Jersey: | central Pine barrens |
Heritage ranking, if any: | S1; CMP; G2G3 also endangered in Florida |
Distribution: | |
Misc. | USDA shows this plant at the northern limit of its range; CPC shows additional occurence in New Hampshire. This plant is listed for rarity by the Center for Plant Conservation as "critically imperiled throughout its range". The only Lobelia with rhizomes Check conservation status and distribtuion on NatureServe |