''Lobelia monostachya'', the one-stalked lobelia, is a species of
flowering plant in the family
Campanulaceae that is
endemic to the island of
Oahu in
Hawaii. It inhabits cliffside
mesic shrublands in the southern
Koolau Mountains at an elevation of . It was previously believed to be extinct. In 1994 it was rediscovered and only 8 individuals are currently known to exist.
[USFWS]
''Lobelia monostachya'' Five-year Review.
January 2008. Associated native plants include ''
Artemisia australis
Artemisia may refer to:
People
* Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece
* Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under th ...
'', ''
Carex meyenii'', ''
Eragrostis'' spp., and ''
Psilotum nudum
''Psilotum nudum'', the whisk fern, is a fernlike plant. Like the other species in the order Psilotales, it lacks roots.
Its name, ''Psilotum nudum'', means "bare naked" in Latin, because it lacks (or seems to lack) most of the organs of typica ...
''.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
External links
*
monostachya
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Biota of Oahu
Plants described in 1988
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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