Lobelia villosa

Lobelia villosa (Rock) St. John & Hosaka

Genus: Lobelia sect. Galeatella

Range: Kaua'i; bogs, 1,200-1,80 m.

Growth form: Treelet, 0.6-1.2 m tall.

Lammers, 2007, considers this species, the hairy parent of the hybrid L. x kauaiensis, the other parent being the glabrous L. wahiawa.

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Rock, 1917 (as Lobelia kauaiensis var. villosa);
Rock, 1919 (as Lobelia kauaensis var. villosa);
St. John & Hosaka, 1938;
Wimmer, 1953;
Degener, 1960 (as Galeatella villosa included in description of the genus Galeatella);
Degener, 1960 (as Galeatella kauaensis var. hirsuta included in description of the genus Galeatella, which Lammers says might be a hybrid between L. villosa and L. x kauaensis);