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Clermontia hawaiiensis
Also called Hawaii Clermontia, 'ōhāhā Wai, `oha Kepau
Clermontia hawaiiensis, the ʻŌhā kēpau, is a species of Hawaiian lobelioid endemic to Hawaiʻi island, where it grows in Hawaiian tropical rainforests. Like other Hawaiian lobelioids, it is highly susceptible to damage from invasive grazing mammals such as feral pigs.
Clermontia hawaiiensis is endemic to the windward eastern side of Hawaiʻi island, where it grows only in wet rainforests near the town of Volcano, Hawaii and the Kīlauea Caldera between elevations of 550–1,760 m (1,800–5,770 ft). However, Its common in certain portions of the protected Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in present day. Historically documented as far north as the east slopes of Mauna Kea by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Musesum.
Kohala Mountain clermontia · Hillside clermontia · Mauna Loa clermontia · Oahu clermontia · Pele clermontia · Hamakua clermontia · Hana clermontia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clermontia hawaiiensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
