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Campanulaceae

Niihau lobelia

Lobelia niihauensis St.John

Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Lobelia

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Niihau lobelia: Cultivated specimen of the endangered Hawaiian endemic ʻŌpelu ( Lobelia niihauensis ) on the island of Oʻahu.
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Arabic
لوبيلية نيهاوية
English
Niihau lobelia

Synonyms

  • Lobelia niihauensis var. forbesii H.St.John
  • Lobelia niihauensis var. meridiana H.St.John
  • Lobelia tortuosa A.Heller
  • Lobelia tortuosa f. glabrata Skottsb.
  • Lobelia tortuosa var. haupuensis H.St.John
  • Lobelia tortuosa var. intermedia H.St.John
  • Neowimmeria intermedia (St.John) I.Deg. & O.Deg.
  • Neowimmeria meridiana (St.John) I.Deg. & O.Deg.
  • Neowimmeria niihauensis (St.John) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
  • Neowimmeria niihauensis var. forbesii (St.John) I.Deg. & O.Deg.
  • Neowimmeria tortuosa (A.Heller) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
  • Neowimmeria tortuosa var. glabrata (Skottsb.) I.Deg. & O.Deg.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.