General Information |
Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands,
endemic to
Maui, Hawai`i.
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Habit
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Scandent vines up to several m long, becoming woody at base; stems 4-angled, glabrous or densely hispid, retrorse hairs occasionally restricted to stem angles.
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Leaves
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Leaves membranous, ovate or elliptic, 0.4-1.3(-2.7) cm long, 0.2-0.9(-1.5) cm wide, both surfaces glabrous or densely hispid, margins crenate or lobed, apex acute or obtuse, base attenuate, acute, obtuse, or truncate, petioles 1-6(-13) mm long, sparsely to densely hispid.
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Flowers
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Flowers 2(-6) per verticillaster, pedicels 1.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous to hispid; calyx slightly bilaterally symmetrical, campanulate, 3.5-8 mm long, glabrous to hispid, the teeth acute to obtuse, 1-4 mm long, 1-2 mm wide at base; corolla tube greenish yellow, lobes brownish green to pinkish brown, tomentose externally, glabrous within, tube slightly falcate, 10-14 mm long, upper lip 5-8 mm long, lower lip 1-3 mm long.
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Fruit
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Nutlets ca. 3-3.5 mm long.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 64*
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