Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Oahu Lobelia
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub
Flowers: Showy flowers. Blooms in July, August, September. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Corolla to 4cm long, resupinate, tubular , 5-lobed, fenestrate, glabrous to puberulent externally and internally. Stamens 5. Filaments red, united into a tube to +3cm long and surrounding style . Stigma 2-lobed. Calyx campanulate , small at anthesis but quickly enlarging to 1.5cm long, 5-lobed, 10-ribbed, greenish-purple, puberulent to strigose . Lobes up to 2.5cm long, +/-2mm broad, linear-attenuate.
Foliage: Smooth-textured dark-green herbaceous foliage . Leaves are alternate, sessile above, petiolate below, reduced upward and at base . Petioles to +1cm long. Blades lanceolate to oblanceolate , typically glabrous to sparse hirsute or strigose , serrulate to denticulate , to 20cm long, 5cm wide, acute to acuminate. Margins often sinuous .
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 3-9" tall, 6" wide.
Landscaping
Care: No serious disease or insect problems.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 4-6" apart. Self-sows. Propagation : Divide the rootball, or start from seed. Allow seed heads to dry on plants before collecting. Start seeds indoors 10 to 12 weeks before the last spring frost. Place seeds on top of finely prepared soil. After sowing, moisten the potting mix and place the seed tray in a cool place or refrigerator for 2 weeks, then move to a 65-70°F. area. Seedlings emerge in 2-3 weeks. Transplant after all danger of frost is past.
Soil: Requires damp soil. Prefers rich organic , moist soil, pH 6.5 to 7.5.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun where summers are cool, light shade for areas with hot summers. Tolerates full shade, but better blooms with partial sun. Shade helps deepen the intensity of blooms
Moisture: Water Requirements: Very high moisture needs. Keep soil mixture moist until well established . Water daily during hot, dry summer. Suitable for water gardens.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b (map)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Campanulales
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- Family:
Byrrhoidea
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- Subfamily:
Lobelioideae
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- Subfamily:
Lobelioideae
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- Family:
Byrrhoidea
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- Order:
Campanulales
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- Class:
Magnoliopsida
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- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Bull
. Torrey Bot. Claub 45:137. 1918
Name verified on 02-Mar-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lobelia
There are approximately 1603 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
L. 'Alice' · L. 'Arctis' · L. 'Azuro' · L. 'Bees' Ridge' · L. 'Brightness' · L. 'Cherry Pie' · L. 'Cinnabar Deep Red' · L. 'Cinnabar Red' · L. 'Cinnabar Rose' · L. 'Cinnabar' · L. 'Complexion' · L. 'Cotton Candy' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Cranberry Crown' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Crown Royal' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Dark Crusader' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Demol' · L. 'Fan Deep Rose' · L. 'Fan Orchidrosa' · L. 'Fan Scharlach' · L. 'Fan Tiefrot' · L. 'Fan Zinnoberrosa' · L. 'Flamingo' · L. 'Forncett Merry' · L. 'Frances' · L. 'Galen' · L. 'Gladys Lindley' · L. 'Grape Knee-Hi' (Lobelia) · L. 'Hadspen Blue' · L. 'Hadspen Purple' · L. 'Huntsman' · L. 'Jack McMaster' · L. 'Jazinto Weiss' · L. 'Kompliment Scharlach' · L. 'Kristallpalast' · L. 'La Fresco' (La Fresco Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Laguna Compact Blue with Eye' · L. 'Lena' · L. 'Lila' · L. 'Lipstick' · L. 'Lobantis' · L. 'Lobetis' · L. 'Lobeto' · L. 'Lola' · L. 'Martha' · L. 'Misty Morn' (Blue Lobelia) · L. 'Monet Moment' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Mrs Humbert' · L. 'Periwinkle Blue' · L. 'Pink Domino' · L. 'Pink Elephant' (Lobelia) · L. 'Pope's Velvet' · L. 'Queen Victoria' · L. 'Red Chester' · L. 'Riviera Blue Spash' (Blue Splash Lobelia) · L. 'Riviera Midnight Blue' · L. 'Riviera Rose' · L. 'Rose Beacon' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Rowden Magenta' · L. 'Royal Fuchsia' (Lobelia) · L. 'Royal Robe' · L. 'Ruby Slippers' (Lobelia) · L. 'Sandy's Pink' · L. 'Shirley Crimson' · L. 'Sonia' · L. 'Spark' · L. 'Sparkle Divine' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Temptation Kompablue' · L. 'Temptation Liblue' · L. 'Temptation White' · L. 'Twilight Time' · L. 'Weslobigblue' · L. 'Weslowei' · L. 'Wesstar' · L. 'Wildwood Splendor' (Cardinal Flower) · L. 'Zinnoberrosa' · L. aberdarica · L. acrochila · L. acuminata · L. acutangula · L. acutidens · L. adenophora · L. adnexa · L. adscendens · L. aemula · L. affinis · L. afromontana · L. agrestis · L. aguana · L. alata (Angled Lobelia) · L. alata var. alata · L. alata var. angustifolia · L. alata var. cuneiformis · L. alata var. stolonifera · L. albomaculata · L. alexia · L. algoensis · L. aligera · L. alpina · L. alsinoides · L. alsinoides subsp. hancei
Bibliography
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
- St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants - on-line resource. (US Fish & Wildl List)
- Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. (F Hawaii)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667909
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503519
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 290951
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143615-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 320417
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503519
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCAM0E100
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: Q1YL
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LOOA
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 47604
