Lobelia inflata
Indian tobacco, Inflated Lobelia (Lobelia inflata) is a poisonous plant from the family of the bellflower family. Despite its name it has with tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), belonging to the family of the Solanaceae family, botanically seen to do nothing.
The Indian Tobacco is an annual plant to a height of up to one meter reached. The stem is branched and hairy. The leaves are stalked sitting or short, ovate-oval with serrated edges. The inflorescences are terminal clusters. The flowers are double lip, with a two-top and a protruding corners dreizipfligen hairy on the inside lip. They are blue and white and six to eight millimeters long. At the time of fruit maturity of the flower cup is inflated.
The distribution is spread over the East Coast North America and the Great Lakes region. As the site of the type preferred open forests. The species is also used in other areas as an ornamental plant.
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