Lobelia Collection

Bouquet of wild flowers: tulip tree, wild roses, cardinal flower, harebells, wood lily, etc.. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature, New York

Sharp-pointed lobelia, Lobelia mucronata or Lobelia cardinalis.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Water lobelia, Lobelia dortmanna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Tupa or Lobelia species
Common tupa, Lobelia tupa, Mr. Bridges tupa, Lobelia bridgesii, many-leaved tupa, Lobelia polyphylla, and blue American lobelia, Lobelia syphilatica

Lobelia species
Refulgent lobelia, Lobelia fulgens, showy lobelia, L. speciosa, red-leaved lobelia, L. colorata, and downy lobelia, L. puberula

Indian tobacco or puke weed, Lobelia inflata. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Heath lobelia, Lobelia urens, Polygamia monogamia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis Lectures on Botany

Glandular lobelia, Lobelia glandulosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London

Lobelia tenuior (Branching lobelia, Lobelia ramosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Mexican lobelia, Lobelia laxiflora (Two-coloured siphocampylus, Siphocampylus bicolor). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Branchy lobelia, Lobelia pyramidalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis, London, 1823

Centropogon cornutus (Shrubby lobelia, Lobelia surinamensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Lobelia purpurascens (Holly-leaved lobelia, Lobelia ilicifolia). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Siphocampylus giganteus (endangered)
Siphocampylus giganteus, endangered (Gigantic lobelia, Lobelia gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Indian tobacco, Lobelia inflata. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Curtis British Entomology Plate 550
Coleoptera: Acalles roboris (Oak Achalles Weevil) [Plant: Lobelia urens (Acrid Lobelia)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 203
Coleoptera: Aepus fulvescens = Aepus marinus (Tawny Aepus) [Plant: Lobelia dortmanna (Water Gladiole)] Date: 1824-39

Cardinal flower with crimson flowers Lobelia cardinalis.. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature, New York, 1859

Corymbose African lobelia, Lobelia corymbosa, elegant greenhouse plant from the Cape of Good Hope.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower
Illustration No.1 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum

Colourful Garden
This woman knows how to create a colourful garden, as she wheels flowers in her wheelbarrow. Her patio is crammed with potted plants and hanging baskets galore. Date: 1960s

Plants / Lobelia
variants Peach Blossom and Distinction Date: 19th century

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