Plant ID, please -- Yep, another one!

[Mmathis]

Or different varieties...... These are some side-by-sides I just took.

EDIT: The "known" Cardinal flower is on the left. The "mystery" one is on the right.

 

[HARO]

I'm going by several books (Remember those?) that show the same leaves and flower heads as your pictures, identified as Lobelia cardinalis. Sorry, but I can't post the pics.
John

 

[Nepen]

This pic I got from UNC http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/NCBGwildflowers090106.html (picture in the link that's in the link

Isnt the leaves look similar?

 

[Mmathis]

@HARO Books???

So, guessing that somewhere along the way I ordered the same plant, but different varieties of it.... Weird! 'cause, side-by-side the plants aren't similar, though the flowers are. I've always heard that the best way to ID a plant is by its flower, so this seems to hold true to that.

Thanks to all! As soon as this pokey little [well, not so little] flower blooms all the way, I'll post pix of it. And when the other one [the one I know of as being Cardinal] blooms, I'll post those, as well. It's gotten off to a slow start.

 

[Mmathis]

This pic I got from UNC http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep06/NCBGwildflowers090106.html (picture in the link that's in the link

Isnt the leaves look similar? View attachment 84195

Yes, very similar. See my previous post, #19 above.