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Lophospermum erubescens

D.Don (1830)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Lophospermum

creeping gloxinia, larger roving sailor

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Vines from a woody caudex.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, the lowermost opposite. Blades broadly deltate to cordate, blades 4.5–15.5 cm long, 4.5–15 cm wide. Surfaces softly glandular pubescent. Margins dentate to broadly cuneate. Petioles twining, 3–6.5 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in the leaf axils; peduncles 2–11.5 cm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Flowers protogynous. Calyx 20–26 mm long, the lobes green and sometimes tinged purple, broadly ovate, connate at base, subequal, sparsely glandular pubescent, not enlarging in fruit. Corolla pinkish red to red apically and white below, narrowly funnelform, the tube 48–63 mm long, the lobes subequal, 11–14 mm long, recurved, glandular pubescent externally. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs or subequal, staminode vestigial. Ovary superior, cells 2, subequal; stigma 2-lobed; style 44–50 mm long.

Fruit: Capsules globose; symmetrical; 1.5–2 cm long. Seeds brown; tuberculate or cristate and circumwinged.

Ploidy: 2n = 24

Habitat: Sparingly naturalized in dry forest; alien grassIand; and shrubland.

Elevation Range: 200–1,449 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 4: t. 68, note post t. 75 (1830)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1244 (O, H); Starr et al. 1999:14 (EM); Lau & Frohlich 2015:38 (O, RANGE EXT [Waiʻanae range])

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lophospermum erubescens Puuwaawaa; remnant dryland forest in the 1986 burn area, on transect T26 Preserved_Specimen Liane with pink-red flowers. Takeuchi, W.N. 5781 Hawaii BISH 1989-05-03
2 Lophospermum erubescens East Maui, Makawao District, Kula, Hapana Gulch Preserved_Specimen Lynch, E. 98040422 Maui BISH 1998-04-04
3 Lophospermum erubescens North Kona Distr., Hawaii Belt Road (Mamalahoa Hwy), near mile 28, Kaupulehu Preserve Preserved_Specimen Vining. Corolla 5-lobed, dark pink with base of tube white. Flynn, T.W. 1304 Hawaii BISH 1985-10-16
4 Lophospermum erubescens Kohala, residence of Dr. Bond Preserved_Specimen Vine with purple flowers. Rock, J.F.C. 25746 Hawaii BISH 1957-03-01
5 Lophospermum erubescens North Kona Distr., Makaula Ooma ahupuaa, Tr 51(14), northwest slope of Hualalai, 2 km. east of Mamalahoa Road Wet `ohi`a forest with other native trees and a tree fern and native shrub understory. Growing on `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Warshauer, F.R. 2132 Hawaii BISH 1978-09-04
6 Lophospermum erubescens Hilo-Kona Road Preserved_Specimen Abundant, running wild. Meebold, A. Hawaii BISH 1932-05-01
7 Lophospermum erubescens Mokuleia, Waialua, cultivated in Degener garden Preserved_Specimen Although already long naturalized in Kau, Hawaii, this is a new introduction by Honolulu parks department, from Australia. Degener, O. 31169 Oahu BISH 1967-03-14
8 Lophospermum erubescens Kalanilehua, Volcano, Kilauea Preserved_Specimen Cultivated and wild. Rock, J.F.C. 13001 Hawaii BISH 1917-08-01
9 Lophospermum erubescens Cultivated at Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30224 Oahu BISH 1965-10-15
10 Lophospermum erubescens Hawaii National Park, Volcano House, Kilauea crater Climbing in trees on wall of crater. Preserved_Specimen Vine 10 ft. long. Flowers red. Fagerlund, G.O. 483 Hawaii BISH 1943-03-24
11 Lophospermum erubescens Lower Ka`ala NAR, Manuwai Gulch. Co-occuring with Diospyros sandwicensis, Sapindus oahuensis, Erythrina sandwicensis, Nestigis sanwicensis, Syzygium cumini, Psidium cattleianum. Preserved_Specimen Vine about 5 meters long, leaves simple, slightly lobed, dentate margins, pubescent. Flowers magenta, bilaterally symmetrical; fruits papery capsules with hundreds of winged seeds. Walker, M. 297 Oahu BISH 2012-10-15
12 Lophospermum erubescens Kaupulehu Dry forest with Diospyros, Reynoldsia, halapepe, Myrsine, Santalum, and others. Preserved_Specimen Vine with pink flowers. Localized naturalized population. Stemmermann, R.L. 6820 Hawaii BISH 1982-12-05
13 Lophospermum erubescens North Kona Distr., Kaupulehu ahupuaa, Tr 50(51), north slope of Hualalai, on Kaupulehu lava flow, north of Hinakapuula Dry exotic grassland with native and exotic shrubs and scattered native trees. Preserved_Specimen Low creeping, succulent shrub. Warshauer, F.R. 2126 Hawaii BISH 1978-09-01
14 Lophospermum erubescens Volcano Road near Naalehu Roadside, climbing over lava rocks. Preserved_Specimen Flowers magenta. Fosberg, F.R. 10140 Hawaii BISH 1933-08-31
15 Lophospermum erubescens Kipuka Alala South Fence Unit: E of ASR 32 and just north of Elepaio 2 Rodent Grid Myoporum-Sophora Shrubland with forb understory. Preserved_Specimen Vines smothering large mamane tree and surrounding plants. Vines with multiple stems, resprouting from base. Stems fleshy with large vines having a diameter of 5 inches or more. Some seedlings observed Foley, E. 260 Hawaii BISH 2008-04-21
16 Lophospermum erubescens Carter Ranch, upper Manoa, Honolulu Climbing over a rocky ledge. Preserved_Specimen Vine with magenta flowers. Introduced. Fosberg, F.R. 8940 Oahu BISH 1932-10-24
17 Lophospermum erubescens Puuloa (Keauhou) Naturalized ornamental growing in open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Vine with dull, pale green foliage and dark pink flowers. Occasional. Herbst, D.R. 5033 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-18
18 Lophospermum erubescens Nokukano Development Site makai of the belt road in Capt. Cook Found scrambling over rocks in a dry, grassy area. Preserved_Specimen Slightly woody vine. large, peduncles over 50 mm,. with seedlings and juveniles. Funk, E.J. Hawaii BISH 1991-11-01
19 Lophospermum erubescens North Kona Distr., Puuwaawaa ahupuaa, Tr 47(13/14), north slope of Hualalai, 1 km. east of Kileo and Potato Hill Dry exotic grassland with some native shrubs, scattered `ohi`a and other native trees. In full sun. Preserved_Specimen Vine. In flower and fruit. Only 1 plant seen. Jacobi, J.D. 1154 Hawaii BISH 1978-08-08
20 Lophospermum erubescens Carter Ranch, upper Manoa, Honolulu Climbing over a stony ledge. Preserved_Specimen Vinelike herb. Flowers magenta-pink. Introduced. Fosberg, F.R. 8859 Oahu BISH 1932-09-26
21 Lophospermum erubescens Puuwaawaa Growing on lava. Preserved_Specimen Vine. Corn, C. Hawaii BISH 1984-03-29
22 Lophospermum erubescens Honolulu, Nuuanu valley, Luakaha In damp shaded garden. Preserved_Specimen Flowers deep rose to mulberry, upper half of tube white, dotted with rose, lower half or 1/3 white; 2 rows of yellow hairs running down tube from throat to attachment of filaments. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-06-12
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