Studies suggest that compounds in Lobelia inflata may aid asthma, depression, and other health issues. However, high doses can be toxic and may cause serious side effects. Lobelia is a genus of ...

This should not be a surprise, you might say, since there are a total of 415 Lobelia species throughout the world. There must be at least one species you would love and at least one I would love, too.

Lobelia is one of those tiny but addictive plants that you can find at almost any nursery. For $4, you can get a year-round fix with six small plants to tuck into pots, corners and flower beds. At ...

The active ingredient in Lobelia inflata is a nitrogen-containing compound called lobeline, which acts like nicotine in the body. The Cherokee’s propensity for smoking the violet-flowered plant gave ...

When the subject of lobelia comes up, most people think of the diminutive Lobelia erinus, much prized for the intensity of its cobalt-blue flowers, though it comes in other shades of blue and purple ...

Christina M. Caruso, Stephanie L. Scott, Julie C. Wray and Catherine A. Walsh Conflicting selection by pollinators and herbivores is thought to be an important mechanism maintaining variation in ...

The giant Lobelia udzungwensis is described from the Udzungwa Mountains National Park in central Tanzania. Morphological and molecular evidence indicates its close relationship to species previously ...