These plants are grow 1 - 3 feet tall, with toothed, alternate leaves. The flowers are deep blue, 2-lipped, and bloom August through October. It grows in moist meadows and along streams. The Iriquois used the roots of this plant to cure syphilis. In England, around 1800, tests were run on the Great Blue Lobelia to see if it, in fact, could cure syphilis. The results were negative.

Lobelia siphilitica

Campanuluceae

Harebell Family