Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Description:

Cardinal Flower is a perennial herbaceous plant, which grows up to 4 ft tall. It's found along stream banks and near swamps. The leaves are broad and have a toothed margin. The flowers are usually vibrant red and deeply five-lobed

Habitat:

Spotted at Bent of the River Audubon in Southbury, CT.

Notes:

Thanks Lisa for the ID confirmation.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis


Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 7 years ago

Beautiful flower! Thank you for sharing :)

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 7 years ago

Thanks Lisa

Christine Y.
Spotted by
Christine Y.

Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Aug 23, 2015
Submitted on May 4, 2016

Related Spottings

White Lobelia Lobelia Lobelia Lobelia

Nearby Spottings

Potter Wasp Blue-winged Wasp Spotting Turkey Tail

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team