What is "lobelias"

Usage examples of "lobelias".

The low sun illuminated occasional clumps of spiky grass, but most of the vegetation seemed to be groundsels shaped like huge cabbages, and giant lobelias whose shaggy flower columns stood taller than a man.

The groundsels grew within a few feet of the water, though the lobelias seemed to be less resistant to salt.

Smiling to himself, Wexford climbed the steps to the front door, ducking his head to avoid catching it on a hanging basket full of Technicolor lobelias and fire-engine geraniums.

While the men were just the other side of its profusion of scarlet lobelias, a blue flash lit the night.

She scrambled out of the water on all fours, dodging lobelias as she ran uphill.