Carolina Gardening: Anyone recognize this pond-side flower?, 1 by DebinSC

DebinSC wrote:
Anyone ever seen this wildflower before? It's a first for me, but my guess is a salvia or a lobelia of some ilk?
It's growing out of the bank of the pond - very boggy spot.
The plants are about a foot tall. The individual blossoms are about an inch and 1/2 across or so. They're more blue than purple. (The bottom right photo is probably the truest to the color.)
I've included a shot of the leaves (and a visitor of some sort).

Since it's growing right here in the SC coastal plain, I thought I'd see if anyone here recognizes it.

Thanks for looking!
Deb



This message was edited Oct 22, 2009 7:34 PM