Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. COPYRIGHT 2005 The Gale Group, Inc. Lobelia inflata, also known as Indian tobacco, wild tobacco, pukeweed, emetic weed, asthma weed and gag-root, is native to North America and can commonly be found growing wild over much of the United States. Lobelia derives its name from Matthias de Lobel, a sixteenth-century Flemish botanist.
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What is a Cardinal Flower? The cardinal wildflower plant is an American wildflower native to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. These Lobelia flowers are tall perennials that thrive in USDA plant hardiness zones 1 through 10. Tall spikes of brilliant red, trumpet-shaped flowers rise above the dark green foliage.
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Lobelia inflata. Lobelia Benefits. Lobelia inflata is an herb that is used to treat asthma, allergies, whooping cough, congestion, and bronchitis. In the past, it was also useful for tobacco withdrawal as an herbal remedy to quit smoking. It is found in the southeastern part of Canada from Nova Scotia to Southeast Ontario and British Columbia.
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Blue Lobelia Habitat and Description. Lobelia is a perennial herb native to Eastern N. America from Maine to S. Dakota, south to Texas and Missouri. It is found growing in moist woods, stream and pond banks, and marshes. The stems are erect, sometimes branching, flower stalks. Lobelia blooms from July to November.
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USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N) This 1-6 ft. perennial has showy, red flowers in 8 in., terminal spikes. Each flower has three spreading lower petals and two upper petals, all united into a tube at the base. Erect leafy stems, often in clusters, with racemes of flowers resembling flaming red spires.
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This makes it one of our most valuable remedies for asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough and spastic cough. I've used lobelia tincture or extract to relieve an asthma attack by giving a small amount (10-30 drops) every couple of minutes until relief is obtained.
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Flowers are pale blue or white, about 1/3 inch long. The lower lip is 3-lobed, the lobes pointed at the tip and all about the same size, the base yellowish with a tuft of white hairs. The upper lip is 2-lobed, the lobes mostly erect and smaller than the lower lobes. A curved style sits between the upper lobes.
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Thomson's number one herb was lobelia and it's one of about ten herbs that I always try to keep on hand. Lobelia has many common names, names which give clues to its properties and uses: asthma weed, Indian tobacco, wild tobacco, bladder pod, vomit wort, pukeweed and gagroot. Thomson discovered lobelia when he chewed on it and it made him throw up. Thereafter, he used to give it to friends as a gag.
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According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is on display at the following locations: Fredericksburg Nature Center - Fredericksburg, TX. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin, TX. Pineywoods Native Plant Center - Nacogdoches, TX.
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Indian Tobacco is pretty easy to identify by the racemes arising from the leaf axils, and the inflated capsules. The Lobelia genus was once in its own Lobeliaceae family, then was moved to the Campanulaceae (Bellflower) family but is now back in Lobeliaceae.
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where to find lobelia wild
Wild Lobelia is found in the southeastern part of Canada from Nova Scotia to Southeast Ontario and British Columbia. Lobelia wild is found in the southeastern part of Canada from Nova Scotia to Southeast Ontario and British Columbia.