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Lobelia cardinalis
© 2006 Louis-M. Landry
Lobelia cardinalis
© 2008 Louis-M. Landry
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Lobelia cardinalis  L.
cardinalflower
Lobelia cardinalis, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Communities: Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, wetland-riparian
Wetlands:Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Toxicity: MAJOR, DERMATITIS   [California Poison Control System 2010]    
Elevation: between 1476 and 5249 feet
Family: CAMPANULACEAE  
Related:See a list of other species in the genus Lobelia found in California.
This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties:
  Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens
Name Status:
Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93
 Other Names:
PLANTS: Lobelia cardinalis ssp. graminea
PLANTS: Lobelia cardinalis var. graminea
PLANTS: Lobelia cardinalis var. meridionalis
PLANTS: Lobelia cardinalis var. multiflora
PLANTS: Lobelia cardinalis var. phyllostachya
PLANTS: Lobelia cardinalis var. propinqua
PLANTS: Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens
PLANTS: Lobelia fulgens
PLANTS: Lobelia splendens




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Distribution by County: See a detailed   Distribution Grid  of this plant in California.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH.   Click county name to view records.
    CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.
 Information about  Lobelia cardinalis  from other sources:
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website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (LOCA2)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database

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    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by dozens of public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: May 20, 2013).

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