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A flower so pretty you'd never guess it once doubled as poison and panacea.
former nameOnce called Indian tobacco, smoked by Native Americans
toxic charmContains lobeline, an alkaloid that mimics nicotine
namesakeHonors botanist Matthias de l'Obel, dead since 1616
medicine cabinetUsed historically to induce vomiting on purpose
color rangeBlooms in blue, white, red, and violet