Lobelias

You remember that time I forgot to plug my microphone in? 😅 Well, I didn’t do that again, but I think I didn’t have the recording settings correct because the audio sounds like it recorded through the laptop mic. Which is to say, it's terrible. The script will be publicly available on Patreon, for free, for anyone who has trouble hearing/understanding this one.

That aside, this week, we’re going to take a shallow dive into a very large and diverse genus of plants by meeting three of its most popular species.

Music by James Milor from Pixabay

Information provided by:

“Plant Guide: Indian Tobacco” by M. Kat Anderson, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Flowers and Their Meanings: The Secret Language and History of Over 600 Blooms by Karen Azoulay (2023)
https://www.britannica.com/plant/Lobelia
https://npcweb.org/underfoot-indian-tobacco-lobelia-inflata/
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (2nd ed.) by Scott Cunningham (2014)
Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America (3rd ed.) by Steven Foster and James A. Duke (2014)
Wild Flowers of North Carolina and Surrounding Areas by William S. Justice and C. Ritchie Bell (1979)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region (2nd ed.) by John W. Thieret, William A. Niering, & Nancy C. Olmstead (2001)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia_inflata