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Clermontia montis-loa
Mauna Loa clermontia (Clermontia montis-loa) is a Hawaiian lobelioid shrub or small tree, endemic to the windward slopes of Mauna Loa on Hawaiʻi island, known locally as ʻŌhā wai. It is a wet-forest species and is rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice is general for the genus.
Clermontia montis-loa, or Mauna Loa clermontia, is a species of Hawaiian lobelioid endemic to the eastern windward slopes of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawai'i. Like other Clermontia, it is referred to as ʻŌhā wai in Hawaiian.
Clermontia montis-loa grows in native wet rainforests on the windward slopes of Mauna Loa. It inhabits elevations between 3,500–5,500 feet (1,100–1,700 m).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clermontia montis-loa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
