Great Blue Lobelia

  • Bloom Time: July – Oct.
  • Bloom Color: Blue
  • Height: 3 feet
  • Sun: Full to partial
  • Soil: Wet to medium

Lobelia siphilitica

Caterpillar food for
Greater Black-letter Dart(Xestia dolosa), Spotted Cut-Worm (Xestia c-nigrum), Dark-Spotted Palthis (Palthis angulalis), Red-Banded Leafroller Moth (Argyrotaenia velutinana)

Attracts these pollinators
Digger Bees (Anthophora spp.), Yellow-Faced Bees (Hylaeus spp.), Green Sweat Bees (Agapostemon spp.), Small Carpenter Bees (Ceratina spp.), Bumble Bees (Bombus spp.), Weevil (Cleopomiarus hispidulus)

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