Lobelia brevifolia

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CAMPANULACEAE
Species:Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
Common Name:Shortleaf Lobelia
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:LOBR3
Plant Notes:Shortleaf Lobelia is an herbaceous perennial in the Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama. Shortleaf Lobelia occurs in seeps, bogs, pine flatwoods, savannas, and wet roadside ditches. Shortleaf Lobelia is perennial from a knot-like taproot. Stems are single or multiple from a tap root, pubescent, erect, unbranched, and from 6 inches to 3 feet in length. The stems have a milky sap when broken, are angled in cross section, and yellowish-green in color. Leaves are alternate, 1-2 inches in length, ¼ inches in width, with sharply toothed margins. The leaves a numerous and reduced in size up the stem. Both the stems and leaves may take on a purple color in strong light. Flowers are produced in terminal racemes. Flowers are subtended by small leaf-like bracts. The calyx is toothed and has distinct auricles that overlap and cover the calyx tube. The corolla is zygomorphic, and two-lipped. The upper lip is two lobed and the lower lip is three lobed. The flower color ranges from very pale lavender through blue to nearly purple. The fruit is a capsule containing many small seed.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC+ (NWI)
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Classification

FamilyCAMPANULACEAE - Bellflower family
Genus Lobelia
Species Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC. - Shortleaf Lobelia

Citation

Citation Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(2): 377. 1839.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: ALABAMA: Without data, Nuttall s.n. (lectotype: PH). Lectotypified by McVaugh, Rhodora 38: 290. 1936.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Dortmanna brevifolia Dortmanna brevifolia (Nuttall ex Alph. de Candolle) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972. 1891.Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alph. de Candolle 1839. 
Lobelia ludoviciana Lobelia ludoviciana A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 1861. 476. 1861.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile, Monroe, Pike, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, NY, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AMAL00009667 Houston 26 Sep 1994 MacDonald, John R.
7802		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. DC.
UWAL0043324 Baldwin 23 Oct 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
750		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
UWAL0032459 Washington 05 Oct 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4954		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AUA000027018 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
PERD-180		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
AMAL00020003 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-179		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt ex A. DC.
UNA00043181 Mobile 26 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D721		 UNA
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
UNA00058618 Baldwin 10 Aug 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2366		 UNA
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
UWAL0031016 Pike 12 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26890		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
NY00547026 s.d. Dr. Gates
s.n.		 NY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AUA000008995 Covington 3 Oct 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3689		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
AUA000008997 Escambia 6 Sep 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2871		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
UWAL0014960 Monroe 23 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23424		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
UNA00043178 Mobile 10 Oct 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
AUA000009001 Washington 9 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
1028		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
AMAL00013806 Baldwin 20 Oct 2004 Kral, Robert
95823		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt.
AUA000008996 Crenshaw 25 Oct 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11512		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
AMAL00008633 Mobile 02 Oct 2002 Kral, Robert
93369		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt.
TROY000037946 Conecuh 13 Sep 2013 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 TROY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
UWAL0015484 Clarke 24 Sep 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
JSU106288 Baldwin 28 Sep 1985 Whetstone, R. David
15273		 JSU
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AMAL00003192 Mobile 13 Oct 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1911		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. DC.
AMAL00007247 Geneva 17 Sep 2001 Kral, Robert
91900		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt.
ALNHS00000051 Mobile 03 Oct 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10456		 ALNHS
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt.
TROY000029607 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
180		 TROY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AUA000008999 Mobile 12 Oct 1985 Malo, Lorne K.
 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
AMAL00005272 Mobile 27 Oct 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2445		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AMAL00007533 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
7987		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. DC.
AMAL00007235 Monroe 17 Sep 2001 Kral, Robert
91924		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt.
TROY000003426 Mobile 29 Oct 1999 Martin, Brian H.
374		 TROY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AUA000008998 Geneva 6 Oct 1968 Kral, Robert
33782		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
UWAL0015136 Conecuh 13 Sep 2013 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
JSU106291 Washington 01 Nov 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
355		 JSU
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
UNA00059996 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
7987		 UNA
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
JSU106290 Mobile 29 Aug 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10405		 JSU
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
UNA00043180 Mobile 28 Aug 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
AUA000029383 Covington 21 Oct 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4500		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
TROY000017044 Butler 12 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20286		 TROY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
UWAL0038814 Mobile 02 Oct 2015 Keener, Brian R.
9255		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex A.L.P.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00003089 Baldwin 7 Oct 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
LOB#4		 ALNHS
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt.
USAM000003359 Mobile 16 Oct 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9590		 USAM
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
TROY000029498 Escambia 18 Oct 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
21064		 TROY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
UNA00043179 Mobile _ Oct 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
TROY000035934 Monroe 23 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23424		 TROY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AUA000008994 Conecuh 30 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
10013		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
UWAL0012481 Escambia 20 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13512		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex A. DC
UWAL0033265 Geneva 01 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26879		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
ALNHS00002974 Baldwin 27 Aug 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1456		 ALNHS
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex. DC.
JSU106289 Mobile 03 Oct 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10456		 JSU
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
AMAL00007258 Houston 17 Sep 2001 Kral, Robert
91883		 AMAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt.
UNA00043255 Baldwin 07 Nov 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9255		 UNA
Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ex A. DC.
TROY000043231 Pike 12 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26890		 TROY
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex Alphonse de Candolle
UWAL0037586 Washington 01 Nov 1995 Sorrie, Bruce A.
8488		 UWAL
Lobelia brevifolia Nuttall ex A. DC.
AUA000009000 Pike 18 Sep 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6395		 AUA
Lobelia Brevifolia Nutt. Ex A. Dc.
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