Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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Family: Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time: late May - August
Pale-spiked Lobelia is a short-lived perennial, usually flowering below taller grasses and forbs. It produces a spike of white or pale blue flowers in the summer.
Pale-spiked Lobelia has several sub-species, including:
– Lobelia spicata var. spicata,
the typical variety with leaves on its stem the same size as any basal leaves, if present.
– Lobelia spicata var. scaposa,
which has mostly basal leaves, with only a few, much smaller stem leaves.
Photos of both subspecies are shown below.
Lobelia spicata var. spicata
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5 July 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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5 July 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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5 July 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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Lobelia spicata var. scaposa
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31 May 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA 
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31 May 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA 
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31 May 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA 
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1 June 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA 
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29 May 2024
Haymarket, VA 
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29 May 2024
Haymarket, VA 
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29 May 2024
Haymarket, VA (basal leaves) 
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29 May 2024
Haymarket, VA (stem leaves) 
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