Cyanea heluensis
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| Cyanea heluensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Cyanea |
| Species: | C. heluensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanea heluensis | |
Cyanea heluensis is a species of plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. It is a rare plant, found only on the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was discovered by botanist Hank Oppenheimer in 2010.
This is a much branched, sprawling or ascendant shrub with stems to about 3 m (9.8 ft) long. The leaves are dark green above and paler beneath, clustered towards the ends of the branches and measure up to 29 cm (11 in) long and 6 cm (2.4 in) wide. They are attached to the branches by a petiole about 4 cm (1.6 in) long, the midrib of the leaf is purple underneath and the leaf margins are shallowly lobed. The plant produces white sap.[2]
Inflorescences occur in the axils of the lower leaves. They are finely hairy on most parts and have between 5 and 10 flowers. The calyx is green and about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, the corolla tube is white and slightly curved, about 50 mm (2 in) long and 5 mm (0.20 in) wide with lobes about 15 mm (0.6 in) long. The fruit is an orange berry up to 10 mm (0.39 in) diameter containing a number of small brown seeds that are less than 1 mm (0.04 in) long.[2]
