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Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Habitat:

This plant is found in swamps and wet ground from Maine to Manitoba and Colorado, south to North Carolina and Texas.

Notes:

The Iroquois used the plant as a cough medicine. The Meskwaki ground up the roots of this plant and used it as an anti-divorce remedy. The mashed roots were secretly put into some common dish, which was eaten by both husband and wife. The Cherokee used a cold infusion of the roots of great blue lobelia and cardinal flower to treat nosebleed. A poultice of the crushed leaves of the plant was used for headache and a warm leaf infusion was good for colds.

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Aarongunnar
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Aarongunnar

Wisconsin, USA

Spotted on Sep 1, 2015
Submitted on Oct 16, 2016

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