It is an herbaceous perennial dicot. A dicot is a plant with an embryo that bears two seed leaves - typically with broad, stalked leaves with netlike veins. The leaves are alternate with a toothed margin.
The plant produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. The flowers are more closely clustered towards the top of the raceme and become more infrequent further down with the lower flowers begin blooming first. The tubed portion of the flower is often striped. Great lobelia flowers have five petals; the three lower petals are fused, and the two upper petals are usually curled back. A curved style pokes between the upper two petals.
Native Americans traditionally use Lobelia siphilitica to treat respiratory and muscle disorders. It was once considered a cure for syphilis by early European settlers, which is where the scientific name for the species originates.
Lobelia
Lobelia in string of pearls, proven winner Lucia dark blue, alive blooms on fire of soul, red- breast,
Or Sakura bloom in Japan in season's moon crest;
I burnt down my soul in earth's cascading heart-work widowed, riviera sky blue, let me see you once in my lifetime angel face bright and small;
Love for this earth, in fragrance of all embracing soulful call.
Lovita JR Marang
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