[3] This Hawaiian lobelioid is a shrub which may exceed 2 meters in height.

The inflorescence bears greenish or purplish flowers.

[4] The five plants remaining of this species are threatened by the destruction and degradation of their wet and moist forest habitat.

[2] The Lanai subspecies is found in an understory where the ground is 80% covered by ferns.

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