General Information |
Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands,
endemic to
Kaua`i.
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Habitat | Diverse mesic to wet forests and bog margins |
Elevation | 600-1300 m
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Habit
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Trailing or scandent vines, occasionally
forming large mats; stems weakly 4-angled, younger stems appressed puberulent, soon glabrate.
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Leaves
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Leaves membranous, lanceolate,
elliptic-lanceolate or sometimes ovate, 3.5-13 cm long, 1.2-4.9 cm wide, upper surface glabrous or sparsely puberulent, especially
along the midrib, lower surface sparsely to moderately appressed puberulent, sometimes subglabrous, margins serrate to serrulate,
apex acuminate, acute or attenuate, base truncate-rounded or sometimes broadly cuneate, petioles (4-)7-19 mm long, puberulent.
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Flowers
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Flowers (1-)2-6(-16) per verticillaster, pedicels 4-5 mm long, puberulent; calyx nearly radially symmetrical, narrowly campanulate, 7-12(-15) mm long at anthesis,
puberulent, the teeth lanceolate, 2-5.5 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide at base; corolla tube and lobes pinkish purple or rarely white externally, throat whitish, strigose externally,
glandular pubescent within, tube straight, 15-25 mm long, upper lip 8-9 mm long, lower lip 4-5 mm long.
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Fruit
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Nutlets dark purple at maturity, 7-11 mm long.
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Seeds
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2n = 64
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Contributor
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Nancy Khan
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