Lobelia hypoleuca

Lobelia hypoleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Lobelioideae
Genus: Lobelia
Species: L. hypoleuca
Hillebr.
Binomial name
Lobelia hypoleuca
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Lobelia hypoleuca var. heterocarpa E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia hypoleuca f. macrophyta Rock
  • Lobelia hypoleuca var. rockii H.St.John & Hosaka
  • Neowimmeria heterocarpa (E.Wimm.) I.Deg. & O.Deg.
  • Neowimmeria hypoleuca (Hillebr.) O. Deg. & I. Deg.
  • Neowimmeria hypoleuca var. macrophyta (Rock) I.Deg. & O.Deg.
  • Neowimmeria rockii (H.St.John & Hosaka) I.Deg. & O.Deg.

Lobelia hypoleuca, common names kuhiʻaikamoʻowahie, `opelu, liua, or mo`owahie, is one of several species in the genus Lobelia endemic to Hawaii though cultivated elsewhere. It is found in nature on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi.[3][4]

Lobelia hypoleuca is a shrub that can attain a height of 3.3 m (11 feet). Stems are woody, whitish, with a rough texture. Leaves are narrowly lanceolate with teeth along the margins, up to 60 cm (2 feet) long, green and shiny above, but appearing white on the underside due to a dense covering of fine wooly hairs (hence the epithet "hypoleuca" meaning "white below"). The plant produces 3-7 tall flowering stalks, each up to 40 cm (16 inches)long. Flowers are blue.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ Lilleeng-Rosenberger, Kerin E. Growing Hawaii's Native Plants. Honolulu: Mutual publishing, 2005.
  4. 1 2 Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
  5. ↑ Starr Environmental Plants of Hawaii, Makawao HI
  6. ↑ John Game, Flickr
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