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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Lobelia amoena'' from USDA NRCS [http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LOAM4 Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Lobelia amoena'' from USDA NRCS [http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LOAM4 Plants Database].
 
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Common name: Southern lobelia
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Common name: Southern lobelia<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonym: ''Lobelia amoena'' var. ''amoena''
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Synonyms: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
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"Perennial or annual herbs, stems erect, strict or freely branched. Leaves crenate, serrate or entire. Raceme terminal ,bracteate, often very leafy and the flowers appearing axillary. Calyx 5-lobed, more or less actinomorphic; corolla zygomorphic, fenestrate, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobbed, lower 3-lobbed. Stamens 5, completely united. Capsule dehiscent by apical pores. Seeds yellowish brown, tuberculate, oblong, 0.6-1 mm long." <ref name="Radford et al 1964">Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 1005-7. Print.</ref>
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"Perennial or annual herbs stems erect, strict or freely branched. Leaves crenate, serrate, or entire. Raceme terminal, bracteate, often very leafy and the flowers appearing axillary. Calyx 5-lobed, more or less actinomorphic; corolla zygomorphic, fenestrate, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobbed, lower 3-lobbed. Stamens 5, completely united. Capsule dehiscent by apical pores. Seeds yellowish brown, tuberculate, oblong, 0.6-1 mm long."<ref name="Radford et al 1964">Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 1005-7. Print.</ref>
  
"Similar to L. elongata. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 4-15 cm long, 2-4 cm wide. Sepals entire or remotely glandular-serrate; corolla tube 7-9  mm long; filament tube 5-7 mm long. Capsule 6-8 mm broad." <ref name="Radford et al 1964"/>
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"Similar to ''L. elongata''. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 4-15 cm long, 2-4 cm wide. Sepals entire or remotely glandular-serrate; corolla tube 7-9  mm long; filament tube 5-7 mm long. Capsule 6-8 mm broad."<ref name="Radford et al 1964"/>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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This species ranges from western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee to western South Carolina, central Georgia, and east-central Alabama. There are disjunct populations in the Florida Panhandle and the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
This species can be found in floodplain forests, semi-open wetlands, along river and stream banks, seepage bogs, and low depressions. <ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, W. W. Baker, A. Gholson Jr., James P. Gillespie, Robert K. Godfrey, D. Hall, R. Komarek, R. Kral, N. Lee, Sidney McDaniel, Richard S. Mitchell, Gil Nelson, R. A. Norris, Camm Swift, D. B. Ward, and Rodie White.  States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.</ref> It grows in shaded to deep shaded environments in wet or dry sands and loam of mesic wooded environments. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> ''L. amoena'' also grows in human disturbed areas such as roadside ditches and clear-cut woods. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> ''L. amoena'' responds negatively to soil disturbance by heavy silvilculture in North Carolina.<ref>Cohen, S., R. Braham, and F. Sanchez. (2004). Seed Bank Viability in Disturbed Longleaf Pine Sites. Restoration Ecology 12(4):503-515.</ref>
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This species grows in floodplain forests, semi-open wetlands, along river and stream banks, seepage bogs, and low depressions.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014.  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, W. W. Baker, A. Gholson Jr., James P. Gillespie, Robert K. Godfrey, D. Hall, R. Komarek, R. Kral, N. Lee, Sidney McDaniel, Richard S. Mitchell, Gil Nelson, R. A. Norris, Camm Swift, D. B. Ward, and Rodie White.  States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.</ref> It grows in shaded to deeply-shaded environments in wet or dry sands and loam of mesic wooded environments.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> ''L. amoena'' also grows in human-disturbed areas such as roadside ditches and clear-cut woods.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/> ''L. amoena'' responds negatively to soil disturbance by heavy silviculture in North Carolina.<ref>Cohen, S., R. Braham, and F. Sanchez. (2004). Seed Bank Viability in Disturbed Longleaf Pine Sites. Restoration Ecology 12(4):503-515.</ref>
Associated species include ''Boltonia, Commelina, Coreopsis integrifolia, Physostegia virginiana, Woodwardia areolata, Quercus, Rhamnus, oakleaf hydrangea, Conoclinium, Pluchea, Leersia, Panicum, Schoenus,  Juniperus, Solidago fistulosa,'' and ''Bidens alba''. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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Associated species include ''Boltonia, Commelina, Coreopsis integrifolia, Physostegia virginiana, Woodwardia areolata, Quercus, Rhamnus, oakleaf hydrangea, Conoclinium, Pluchea, Leersia, Panicum, Schoenus,  Juniperus, Solidago fistulosa,'' and ''Bidens alba''.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
  
 
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This species has been observed flowering from September to November. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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This species flowers from late July to October.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
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This species has been found in annually burned areas. <ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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This species has been found in annually burned areas.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
 
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Revision as of 15:50, 24 September 2020

Lobelia amoena
Lobelia amoena gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Campanulales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lobelia
Species: L. amoena
Binomial name
Lobelia amoena
Michx.
LOBE AMOE dist.jpg
Natural range of Lobelia amoena from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Southern lobelia[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: none.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

"Perennial or annual herbs stems erect, strict or freely branched. Leaves crenate, serrate, or entire. Raceme terminal, bracteate, often very leafy and the flowers appearing axillary. Calyx 5-lobed, more or less actinomorphic; corolla zygomorphic, fenestrate, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobbed, lower 3-lobbed. Stamens 5, completely united. Capsule dehiscent by apical pores. Seeds yellowish brown, tuberculate, oblong, 0.6-1 mm long."[2]

"Similar to L. elongata. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 4-15 cm long, 2-4 cm wide. Sepals entire or remotely glandular-serrate; corolla tube 7-9 mm long; filament tube 5-7 mm long. Capsule 6-8 mm broad."[2]

Distribution

This species ranges from western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee to western South Carolina, central Georgia, and east-central Alabama. There are disjunct populations in the Florida Panhandle and the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

This species grows in floodplain forests, semi-open wetlands, along river and stream banks, seepage bogs, and low depressions.[3] It grows in shaded to deeply-shaded environments in wet or dry sands and loam of mesic wooded environments.[3] L. amoena also grows in human-disturbed areas such as roadside ditches and clear-cut woods.[3] L. amoena responds negatively to soil disturbance by heavy silviculture in North Carolina.[4] Associated species include Boltonia, Commelina, Coreopsis integrifolia, Physostegia virginiana, Woodwardia areolata, Quercus, Rhamnus, oakleaf hydrangea, Conoclinium, Pluchea, Leersia, Panicum, Schoenus, Juniperus, Solidago fistulosa, and Bidens alba.[3]

Phenology

This species flowers from late July to October.[1]

Fire ecology

This species has been found in annually burned areas.[3]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 1005-7. Print.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, W. W. Baker, A. Gholson Jr., James P. Gillespie, Robert K. Godfrey, D. Hall, R. Komarek, R. Kral, N. Lee, Sidney McDaniel, Richard S. Mitchell, Gil Nelson, R. A. Norris, Camm Swift, D. B. Ward, and Rodie White. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.
  4. Cohen, S., R. Braham, and F. Sanchez. (2004). Seed Bank Viability in Disturbed Longleaf Pine Sites. Restoration Ecology 12(4):503-515.