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Indian Tobacco

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Scientific Name: Lobelia inflata
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Slightly hairy stems may be simple of branched and have several tiny lavender or blue-violet flowers in terminal, leafy, elongated clusters
Habitat: Fields, open woods, and roadsides
Range: Eastern North America, west to Kansas
Comments: None.

Source: National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region
Photograph: Used with permission from Patrick Alexander.