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May 13, 2006 : Lobelia tupa

Keywords: Campanulaceae | Lobelia tupa L. | 027903-0241-1989*

Lobelia tupa
Lobelia tupa

This Chilean native is the fourth entry in this week's Perennial Plant Sale series (plant lists). The whole plant is reportedly poisonous, yet also smoked as a narcotic. This likely lends credence to its common name, devil's tobacco.

The Royal Horticultural Society has a small article about the genus Lobelia, with a particular emphasis on Lobelia tupa in cultivation.

I'm not particularly happy about the strong background lighting with these photographs. I have my eye on the plants growing in the South American section of the Alpine Garden so that I can attempt another image when they are in flower (late summer locally).

Horticulture / history resource link: From the University of Arizona's Arid Lands newsletter, Paradise on Earth: Historical Gardens of the Arid Middle East, an article by Safei El-Deen Hamed.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at May 13, 2006 12:00 AM

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Lobelia tupa - Z8 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Lobelia tupa - Z8-10 - A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Brickell, Cole, Zuk

Posted by: Beverley at May 13, 2006 2:28 AM

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