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Campanulaceae
Indian Tobacco Flower
Lobelia inflata
Release and liberation.
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Lobelia
- Native to
- Eastern North America, United States, Canada
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- annual
- Height
- 20-100 cm
- Sunlight
- partial shade to full sun
- Soil
- moist, acidic
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-9
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- Native Americans smoked the dried leaves as a treatment for asthma, giving the plant its common name.
- The inflated seed pods inspired the species name 'inflata' and pop when squeezed.
- Lobeline, a compound from this plant, has been studied as a potential aid for smoking cessation.
- The plant is toxic in large doses and was historically known as 'puke weed' due to its emetic properties.
- Samuel Thomson, a famous 19th-century herbalist, made this plant the cornerstone of his medical system.
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freedom
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