Lobelia dunnii serrata

Identification

Lobelia dunnii serrata, Dunn's lobelia and Blue Lobelia.
Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn's Lobelia, is here being visited by a Harford Sulfur butterfly. - grid24_3
Lobelia dunnii serrata
Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn's Lobelia, is here being visited by one of the Painted Lady butterflies. - grid24_3
Lobelia dunnii serrata with painted lady butterfly
Amazingly, the Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn's Lobelia, is not being bent over by the weight of a visiting Pale Swallowtail butterfly in the Santa Margarita nursery. - grid24_3
A Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on Lobelia dunnii serrata
Even the Skipper butterflies love the nectar of the flowers of Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn's Lobelia. - grid24_3
A Skipper butterfly on Lobelia dunnii serrata
In this photo you can see more detail of the flowers and inflorescence of Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn's Lobelia. - grid24_3
Lobelia dunnii serrata
Life as art is this photo of Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn's Lobelia, and its visitor, a Monarch butterfly. - grid24_3
A Monarch butterfly on Lobelia dunnii serrata
The hummingbird is out of focus, in this photo, but you can see in the background the object of his/her desire, Lobelia dunnii var. serrata, Dunn's Lobelia, and the secondary background is Ribes speciosum. - grid24_3
Lobelia dunnii serrata, sorry, an older picture with not enough light, but the hummingbird was there, really.
Lobelia serrata, Dunn's Lobelia with an Orange Sulfur Butterfly, Colias eurthyeme - grid24_3
Lobelia dunnii serrata, Blue Lobelia with an Orange Sulfur.
Blue Lobelia flowers - grid24_3
Lobelia dunnii serrata

Description

A perennial with 1" blue flowers on 1' plant. It grows in wet spots along the S. Ca. Coast. Use as small scale groundcover in among rocks where there is moisture. Good for sun or part-shade. Our mother plants have survived here for years with total neglect in wet and then dry conditions. Every year, when the weather turns to winter, it dies to the ground, to come back each spring. Great butterfly plant. Adult butterflies large and small, love to sip nectar from the flowers.

Available at our Online store.

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Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
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Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
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Available at our Escondido store.

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Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
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Characteristics

Lobelia dunnii serrata Dunn's lobelia tolerates seasonal flooding.

Lobelia dunnii serrata Dunn's lobelia's foliage type is evergreen.
Lobelia dunnii serrata Dunn's lobelia's flower color is blue.

Communities

Communities for Lobelia dunnii serrata Dunn's lobelia:Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub.

Ranges for Lobelia dunnii serrata

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 6 to 10
height[m]: 0.10 to 0.50
width[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 150.00 to 1577.00

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