{"id":1954,"date":"2012-06-05T08:41:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T08:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2012-06-05T08:43:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T08:43:36","slug":"lobelias-named-after-the-belgian-botanist-mathais-de-obel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/06\/lobelias-named-after-the-belgian-botanist-mathais-de-obel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobelia&#8217;s (named after the Belgian Botanist Mathais de Obel)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Tobacco or Lobelia<br \/>\nPoisonous to cattle,goats and sheep<br \/>\nNative to the America&#8217;s<br \/>\nAn annual or Perennial<br \/>\nAn enchanting flower<br \/>\nWhen sowed of course we reap<br \/>\nA Bee atractant and some lovely<br \/>\nfloral sights<br \/>\nBlues, and purples, reds and even<br \/>\nstunning whites<br \/>\nThe sap can cause an irritation<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s something to note<br \/>\nIts has been used for Asthma<br \/>\nand problems via the throat<br \/>\nBut it is, a poison<br \/>\nof this Please be aware<br \/>\nSo wash your hands before handling food<br \/>\nAnd treat the plant with care<br \/>\nThe Native Americans smoked it<br \/>\nIt has alkaloids galore<br \/>\nit will induce much vomiting<br \/>\na fact we can&#8217;t ignore<br \/>\nSlugs enjoy its flavour<br \/>\nand surprisingly are immune<br \/>\nit need rich moist ground<br \/>\nit needs partial shade<br \/>\nand is partial to some sun<br \/>\nRemember always to keep it moist<br \/>\nAnd be proud of what you&#8217;ve done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Brother Lone Wolf asked about some Lobelia&#8217;s he was planting <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/06\/lobelias-named-after-the-belgian-botanist-mathais-de-obel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1956,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions\/1956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}