Cyanea lanceolata
An Oʻahu-endemic Hawaiian lobelioid in the Campanulaceae family, a 1–3 m unbranched shrub bearing magenta corollas often with longitudinal stripes in 4–16-flowered inflorescences and ovoid to pear-shaped berries 1.6–2 cm long, formed as a natural hybrid between two Cyanea species, with no recorded distribution data, and threatened by goats, black rats, and an invasive shot-hole borer
Common Names
Lanceleaf Cyanea
Summary
Lanceleaf cyanea is an unbranched shrub native to Hawaii, with a woody stem 1–3 m tall. Leaves are elliptic to oblanceolate, blades 15–60 cm long and 5.5–14 cm wide, with a pubescent lower surface; inflorescences are 4–16-flowered on peduncles 2–10 cm long, calyx lobes triangular (1–3 mm); the corolla is pale to dark magenta with lighter or darker longitudinal stripes, and berries are ovoid to pear-shaped, 1.6–2 cm long. Type localities are on Oʻahu, at elevations of 1000–1700 ft.
Endemism to Hawaii, with type localities on Oʻahu at 1000–1700 ft, informs practical conservation considerations. Details on cultivation requirements and uses are outside the scope of the information presented.
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
3.5-10 feet
Bloom Color
Pale to dark magenta
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- (Gaudich.) Lammers, Givnish & Sytsma
- Publication
- Novon 3: 439 (1993)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Cyanea
Synonyms
Lobelia ambigua Lobelia lanceolata Rollandia lanceolata Rollandia grandifolia Rollandia ambigua Rollandia lanceolata var. grandifolia Rollandia lanceolata f. rockii Rollandia lanceolata var. glaberrima Rollandia lanceolata var. kipapaensis Cyanea coronata Delissea ambigua Delissea coronata Delissea delessertiana Lobelia rollandia Rollandia delessertiana Rollandia lanceolata var. viridiflora Delissea lanceolata