|                    Glade lobelia
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                |                    Lobelia glandulosa  
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                |                    Campanulaceae 
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                 Landscape Uses:
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                 Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.  Also wildflower gardens. | 
               
                Ecological Restoration Notes:  | 
               
              
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                | Availability: | 
               
              
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                 Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries. | 
               
              
                | Description: | 
               
              
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                 Medium herbaceous wildflower. | 
               
              
                | Height: | 
               
              
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                 About 1-2 feet in height.  Taller than broad. | 
               
              
                | Growth Rate: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate. | 
               
              
                | Range: | 
               
              
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                 Southeastern United States and Maryland south to the Monroe County Keys.  In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key. | 
               
              
                | Habitats: | 
               
              
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                 Wet pinelands, marshes and swamps. | 
               
              
                | Soils: | 
               
              
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                 Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to poorly drained sandy or limestone soils, without humus. | 
               
              
                | Nutritional Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. | 
               
              
                | Salt Water Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. | 
               
              
                | Salt Wind Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. | 
               
              
                | Drought Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. | 
               
              
                | Light Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Full sun. | 
               
              
                | Flower Color: | 
               
              
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                 Dark blue. | 
               
              
                | Flower Characteristics: | 
               
              
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                 Showy. | 
               
              
                | Flowering Season: | 
               
              
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                 Summer-fall. | 
               
              
                | Fruit: | 
               
              
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                 Inconspicuous capsule. | 
               
              
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                | Comments: | 
               
              
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                 See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's  Flower Friday page and a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog about the pollination of Lobelia glandulosa.  | 
               
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                    Chuck McCartney, 1993   Everglades National Park, Florida
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                    Chuck McCartney, 1997   Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
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                    James Johnson, 2014 In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida Expand
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