Infrequent in open prairies. Very pale lavender/white flowers. Sepals with basal auricles. Leaves clasping. Infrequent in open prairies. Sorry for the terrible picture...my camera does not like pale colors and the wind was blowing like mad!
Species from eastern North America
Common name: Palespike Lobelia
Photographed in Boyle Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains about 70 genera and 2000 species. They are mostly herbs, shrubs, and more rarely small trees, which usually have milky non-toxic sap. The family includes the familiar garden plants Campanula (or bellflower), Lobelia, and the balloonflower (Platycodon.)
