Lobelia 



LOBELIACEAE 



897 



50 



Map 1971 



Lobelia Cardinalis L. 



o ^3o 



Map 1972 



Lobelia siphilitica L 



Miles 



50 



Map 1973 



Lobelia puberula Michx. 



2a. Lobelia siphilitica f. albiflora (Britt.) House. This a form with 

 white flowers. Bradner reported it from Steuben County and Peattie 

 reported it from the dune area. I have found this form twice in Wells 

 County. 



3. Lobelia puberula Michx. Map 1973. Infrequent to rare in its range 

 in Indiana. It is generally found in dry woods but I have found it also in 

 "flat woods" associated with beech and sweet gum. I believe this species 

 is restricted to the southern part of the state. It has been reported from 

 the northern counties by some authors, but I believe all of these reports 

 should be transferred to Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys. It was reported 

 from Tippecanoe County upon the authority of Hussey. I have seen his 

 specimen, which is in the herbarium of Purdue University, and it belongs 

 to Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys. Pepoon reported it from Porter County 

 upon the authority of Umbach and I refer this report also to Lobelia 

 spicata var. leptostachys which he does not report and which occurs there. 

 Buhl (Amer. Midland Nat. 16: 252. 1935) says there are no confirming 

 specimens for this latter report. 



N. J. to 111. and Mo., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



4. Lobelia Kalmii L. Kalm Lobelia. Map 1974. Locally frequent to 

 common in calcareous habitats such as wet, marly borders of lakes and in 

 marshes. It is usually associated with Parnassia glauca. 



Newf. to Man. and Minn., southw. to N. J., Ohio, Ind., and Iowa. 



5. Lobelia inflata L. Lobelia. Map 1975. The dried plant and seed 

 of this species have been used in medicine for about one hundred and fifty 

 years. The plant is known to the medical profession and to the laity as 

 lobelia, and for this reason no other name should be used. Some authors 

 call it Indian tobacco but, since several other plants have the same name, it 

 seems inadvisable to supplant a well known name by one which is mis- 

 leading. Infrequent to frequent throughout the state in various situations. 

 It is usually found in poor soils in open woods and fallow fields, and some- 



