lobelia

American  

[loh-beel-yuh] / loʊˈbil yə /

noun

1. any herbaceous or woody plant of the genus Lobelia, having long clusters of blue, red, yellow, or white flowers.

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lobelia British  

/ ləʊˈbiːlɪə /

noun

1. any plant of the campanulaceous genus Lobelia, having red, blue, white, or yellow five-lobed flowers with the three lower lobes forming a lip

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Etymology

Origin of lobelia

1730–40; < New Latin; named after Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616), Flemish botanist, physician to James I of England; -ia

Example Sentences

For a lot of color, house plant lover need to look no further than the lobelia plant.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

Now, it is a larger and maturing display that includes towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

In the heart of the garden, there are towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021

The flu was so impossible to treat that folk remedies filled the gap: People tried powdered lobelia, sagebrush tea, rabbits’ feet, and a laundry list of other home cures.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2019

The women who worked for her stopped concocting tinctures and bottling oils and instead made vats of salve—a new recipe, of comfrey, lobelia and plantain, that Mother had concocted specifically for my father.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover