Lobelia amoena

Lobelia amoena
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.
Natural range of Lobelia amoena from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: southern lobelia

Ecology

Habitat

This species can be found in floodplain forests, semi-open wetlands, along river and stream banks, seepage bogs, and low depressions (FSU Herbarium). It grows in shaded to deep shaded environments in wet or dry sands and loam of mesic wooded environments (FSU Herbarium). L. amoena also grows in human disturbed areas such as roadside ditches and clear-cut woods (FSU Herbarium). 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 (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

This species has been observed flowering from September to November (FSU Herbarium).

Fire ecology

This species has been found in annually burned areas (FSU Herbarium).

References and notes

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.