Lobelia gattingeri

Lobelia gattingeri is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family commonly called Gattinger's lobelia. It is endemic to calcareous cedar glades and barrens. It has a small range, native only to middle Tennessee, northern Alabama, and one site in the Pennyroyal Plain of Kentucky.

Lobelia gattingeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lobelia
Species:
L. gattingeri
Binomial name
Lobelia gattingeri

It is an annual species, with seeds germinating in either the autumn or spring. It produces a spike of blue flowers in the spring, and during wet summers it can remain in bloom until October.[1]

It is sometimes considered a variety of Lobelia appendiculata, which is found further to the south and west. It is distinguished by its smaller size and more glabrous calyx.[2]

References
  1. The Ecological Life Cycle of the Cedar Glade Endemic Lobelia gattingeri Jerry M. Baskin and Carol C. Baskin Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club Vol. 106, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1979), pp. 176-181
  2. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States


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