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Lepechinia hastata

(A.Gray) Epling (1940)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Lepechinia

pakaha, pitcher sage

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect perennial herbs 8–15 dm tall, somewhat woody at base, glandular tomentose, the hairs branched.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades hastate, 12–25(–35) cm long, 3.3–13 cm wide, leaves progressively smaller toward inflorescence, becoming ovate to lanceolate. Surfaces tomentose, but less so on upper surface; blade thick, chartaceous, minutely rugose. Margins crenulate. Petioles (lower leaves) 1.3–5.5 cm long; leaves nearer inflorescences sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 5–15 in compound cymes, these arranged in open panicles, pedicels usually 8–13 mm long; each flower +/- bracteolate. Calyx slightly zygomorphic, 8–16 mm long, lobes subulate, closing at maturity, 5-toothed, the teeth subequal, sometimes coherent, splitting longitudinally, usually persistent or sometimes only ventral 1/2 persistent. Corolla zygomorphic, bilabiate, purplish red, slightly curved, 22–28 mm long, pubescent externally, tube funnelform, curved, exserted beyone calyx, puberulent within, 5-lobed, lobes broad and rounded, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, median lobe larger than lateral ones, emarginate, lateral lobes entire; nectary disk often present at base of ovary, annular or developed on anterior side only. Stamens 4, strongly exserted ca. 10–15 mm beyond corolla tube; anther sacs divergent; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; ovules 1 per ovary lobe, placentation basal-axile; style 1, exserted beyond corolla tube; stigmas 2.

Fruit: Nutlets 4; 1-seeded; black; ovoid; hard; the surface shiny to puberulent and smooth; ca. 4–5 mm long. Seeds with endosperm absent or scanty and oily.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in open shrubland or pastures.

Elevation Range: 610–1,220(–1,830) m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Indigenous or Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Indigenous or Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 67: 511 (1940)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:804 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lepechinia hastata Puu Nianiau, Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1773 Maui BISH 1937-01-28
2 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Haleakala Crater; W Kaupo Gap Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 423 Maui BISH 1983-06-28
3 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 401 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
4 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, S Haleakala, Olinda Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 225 Maui BISH 1910-07-01
5 Lepechinia hastata S Haleakala, below Puu Pane Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1843 Maui BISH 1920-03-04
6 Lepechinia hastata Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Maui BISH 1918-08-01
7 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Makawao District, Haleakala Crater Road Preserved_Specimen Thomas, P. Maui BISH 1995-11-11
8 Lepechinia hastata Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Maui BISH 1918-08-01
9 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 401 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
10 Lepechinia hastata East Maui Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8553 Maui BISH 1910-09-01
11 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Haleakala pasture Preserved_Specimen large clump, aromatic odor Alexander, A.M. 5293 Maui BISH 1947-01-01
12 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Haleakala Ranch, below mm 7 Crater Road. Disturbed cattle pasture in montane shrubland Preserved_Specimen Pale purple corollas in inflorescence Haus, B. Maui BISH 2000-12-27
13 Lepechinia hastata Omaopio, Haleakala road grassland Preserved_Specimen clump; flower deep rose magenta St.John, H. 24724 Maui BISH 1951-12-24
14 Lepechinia hastata Makawao, Haleakala Ranch rocky, open grass Preserved_Specimen flowers magenta Hosaka, E.Y. 1680 Maui BISH 1937-01-17
15 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Makawao District, between Pohakuokala and Waiale Gulches. In open pasturep plants apparently unbrowsed by domestic and feral animals. Vegetation: Dodonaea, Leptecophylla, Vaccinium, Sophora, Pteridium, Dryopteris, Asplenium, Coprosma, Carex, Morelotia, Sadleria, Luzula, Dubautia, Pellaea, Polystichum, Holcus, Ageratina, Pennisetum, Dactylis, Hypochoeris, Prunella, Lythrum. Preserved_Specimen Culster of 4 clumps of many branched shrubs to 1 meter tall; aromatic, flowers purple. Oppenheimer, H.L. 20923 Maui BISH 2009-02-11
16 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Olinda Road, at edge of parking lot and along fence at Waihou springs trail, 3853, Aspect: NE. Forestry planting, urban: Pinus, Holcus, Eucalyptus, Ulex, Nephrolepis, Geranium homeanum, Hedychium Preserved_Specimen Roadside, growing up from base of fence post, very weedy area next to road Pezzillo, Z. 526 Maui BISH 2023-05-15
17 Lepechinia hastata W Haleakala along road to summit; open scrub on lava Preserved_Specimen to 0.7 m erect; many stems from base, corolla deep rose purple; aromatic when broken Fosberg, F.R. 41525 Maui BISH 1961-03-15
18 Lepechinia hastata Olinda, above Makawao with Ulex in pasture Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 55451 Maui BISH 1974-04-15
19 Lepechinia hastata Nakula Ahupuaa, S slope of haleakala, just W of pahihi Gulch, ca 100 m upslope of reservoir. Transect Ma Station 126 Dry exotic grassland with native and exotic shrubs and scattered native trees. Preserved_Specimen Warshauer, F.R. 3098 Maui BISH 1980-08-20
20 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Haleakala open pasture Preserved_Specimen Hjort, F. 10 Maui BISH
21 Lepechinia hastata Lyon Arboretum, middle lawn makai, front of cottage N Preserved_Specimen 6' shrub; flower dark pink Ishikawa, S. 269 Oahu BISH 1973-07-20
22 Lepechinia hastata S Haleakala, below Puu Pane Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1843 Maui BISH 1920-03-04
23 Lepechinia hastata East Maui, Haleakala, near Olinda Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 225 Maui BISH 1910-07-01
24 Lepechinia hastata Nakula Ahupuaa, S slope of Haleakala, Waiopae Gulch, E of Transect 25. Transect Ma, Station 125. Dry exotic grassland with native and exotic shrubs and scattered native trees. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 9236 Maui BISH 1980-06-20
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