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Eranthemum pulchellum

Andrews (1800)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Eranthemum

blue eranthemum, blue sage

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Repos. 2: t. 88 (1800)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eranthemum pulchellum Koloa District, Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden, McBryde Garden; headquarters at 3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo Preserved_Specimen Subshrub 1.3 m tall, full and densely branching; leaves rugose. Infl. Bracts green & white, corolla deep blue, not fragrant (11 am). Cult, NTBG 710818.001, ex hort. Nawiliwili, Kauai Lorence, D.H. 8916 Kauai BISH 2002-08-30
2 Eranthemum pulchellum Honolulu: Foster Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen Flowers deep blue. Hutchison, P.C. 2781 Oahu BISH 1967-01-14
3 Eranthemum pulchellum Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Castle Memorial Hall Preserved_Specimen A shrub much-branched at the base 0.8 m tall. Inflorescence bracts white except for medium green venation. Corolla lavender without; cobalt blue within except for the center which is purple. Flowers odorless (afternoon). Lau, J. 1826 Oahu BISH 1986-01-12
4 Eranthemum pulchellum University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1 m tall, flowers bright blue, bracts variegated. Fosberg, F.R. 13627 Oahu BISH 1937-03-23
5 Eranthemum pulchellum Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Valley. At entrance to nursery Preserved_Specimen Compact shrub of 4'; corolla lobes dark blue, tube pale purple. Bracts whitish with dark green veins. Foliage has a slightly unpleasant odor. Flynn, T.W. 1935 Kauai BISH 1986-11-12
6 Eranthemum pulchellum 43 Coelho Way, Honolulu. Garden of Thaanum Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. 1233 Oahu BISH 1939-07-04
7 Eranthemum pulchellum Judd St., Honolulu. Residence of S. G. Wilder Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1931-12-16
8 Eranthemum pulchellum Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Brown, F.B.H. 1470 Oahu BISH 1927-01-20
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