Lobelia wahiawa Lammers

Genus: Lobelia section Galeatella.

Range: Kaua'i; wet forest, 570 - 800 m. (USGS map not available)

Growth form: Treelet, 2-4 m tall.

This species is the glabrous version of L. x kauaiensis. Possibly the parent of that hybrid along with L. villosa.

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Sources:

• Hillebrand, 1888 (the plants list for Kaua'i of Lobelia gaudichaudii);
• Heller, 1897 (Lobelia kauaensis are L. wahiawa);
• Rock, 1919 (as Lobelia kauaensis, some specimens are L. wahiawa);
• Wimmer, 1953 (as Lobelia gaudichaudii var. kauaensis described as glabra);
• Wagner et al., 1999. (as Lobelia kauaensis, the description has the raceme as glabrous, which would be L. wahiawa);