September 18, 2014

Great Blue Lobelia

I photographed a new flower near a wetland last week - Lobelia.


Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia was used by many native peoples, in internal preparations and in poultices.  They also smoked portions of it.

This herb was so valuable that it is said it was sometimes a trade item among the tribes here in North America.  Today lobelia is still highly valued by modern consumers of herbal remedies.



Some of its many names show how it was used, its affect and its physical shape.  Here are three:   Indian tobacco, puke weed, and bladder-pod.

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