Lobelia koolauensis (Hosaka & Fosberg) Lammers

Genus: Lobelia section Galeatella.

Range: O'ahu, Ko'olau; wet shrublands, 670 - 860 m. (USGS map not available)

Growth form: Treelet, 1-2.5 m tall.

This species flowers from May to July, different from the autumn-late autumn flowering of most Galeatella.

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Sources:

• Fosberg & Hosaka, 1938 (as Lobelia gaudichaudii var. koolauensis);
• Wimmer, 1953 (as Lobelia gaudichaudii var. koolauensis);
• Degener, 1960 (as part of description of genus Galeatella, as L. gaudichaudii var. koolauensis);
• Lammers, 2007.