Indian Tobacco
Lobelia inflata
Campanulaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived perennial
Native distribution
Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Eastern North America
Biocultural value
Iroquois made a strong tea with the leves for purging the bowels. The dried leaes were also smoked for relieving coughs.
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Robison Herb Garden, Coy Glen, McLean Bogs, Ringwood Ponds
Source of plant
Richters
Description
Spreading, pubescent annual to 90cm. Leaves to 6cm, oblong, crenate to serrate. Flowers in loose racemes; calyx inflated after anthesis; corolla to 1cm, blue, purple or tinged with pink.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
medicinal/pharmaceutical
Status
L4|S5|G5