Trematolobelia auriculata H.St.John

Genus: Trematolobelia

Range: Lāna'i; wet shrubland, 1,000-1,030 m. USGS map prior to segregation of species.

Growth form: Treelet, >1 m tall.

Etymology: auriculata refers to the auricles at the base of the calyx lobes..

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Sources:

• Rock, 1919 (Rock lists Lāna'i for Lobelia macrostachys);
• Degener, 1934 (as Trematolobelia sandwicensis, in part: species from Lāna'i);
• Wimmer, 1953 (as Trematolobelia macrostachys, in part: species from Lāna'i);
• Wagner et al., 1999.