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Koolau Range lobelia

Lobelia gaudichaudii

Koolau Range lobelia is a rare Hawaiian shrub in the bellflower family, endemic to Oahu and known only there. It is an endangered species of the Koolau Mountains, so it is seldom grown and cultivation is best left to conservation collections.

Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged, watering when the top layer begins to dry.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich mix with good organic content.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Oʻahu: S. Ko?olau Mts.)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lobelia gaudichaudii is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Koolau Range lobelia. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Oahu.

There are two subspecies of the plant. One, ssp. koolauensis, is limited to five populations with a total of 252 individuals, and is listed as an endangered species by the US government.

Other Lobelia plants

Aberdare Lobelia · Lobelia alsinoides · Southern lobelia · Apache lobelia · Trailing Lobelia · Lawn Lobelia · Pale lobelia · Lobelia archeri · Lobelia arnhemiaca · Boykin's lobelia · Shortleaf lobelia · Tall Lobelia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lobelia gaudichaudii 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.

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