WILD FLOWERS BLUE AND PURPLE 



the corolla, beyond which extends the greenish white 

 pistil. The green calyx has five narrow parts. The 

 Hairbells are found in dry or moist, rocky cliffs or in 

 meadows and uplands generally from Labrador to 

 Alaska, south to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois 

 and Nebraska, and westward in the mountains to 

 Arizona and California. Also in Europe and Asia. 



GREAT, OR BLUE LOBELIA. 



Lobelia sipbilitica. Lobelia Family. 



The bright blue flowers of this handsome Lobelia are 

 found commonly in low, moist or wet soil, generally 

 along streams from July to October. The usually 

 single stalk is rather stout, very leafy, sparingly hairy, 

 and grows from one to three feet high from short, 

 perennial offshoots. The thin, light green leaves 

 are slightly hairy, oval to lance-shaped and irregularly 

 toothed. The upper ones clasp the stalk alternately. 

 The attractive flowers are arranged in a long, dense, 

 terminal, leafy, wand-like spike, and the stiff, hairy, 

 green calyx has five long, slender parts. They are 

 formed similar to those of the Red Lobelia, but the 

 lobes are much shorter, and the stamen tube does not 

 stand out beyond the corolla. They are found from 

 Maine and Ontario to Minnesota and Dakota, and 

 south to Georgia, Louisiana and Kansas. 



PALE SPIKED LOBELIA 



Lobelia spicata. Lobelia Family. 



The very slender, erect, wand-like spikes of this 

 pale-flowered Lobelia are found here and there in 



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