| Author | Baker | |
| Distribution | Collected at the ecotone between a powerline and alluvial forest by the Pee Dee River, Richmond County, in 1999 by Bruce Sorrie; collected and photographed at a roadside in Wake County by Jame Amoroso in 2017; and collected by Mark Basinger on a roadside in Wilson County in 2023. Sorrie originally determined his plants as L. formosanum. A collection, from Crowders Mountain in Gaston County, determined as L. longiflorum, also appears to be L. philippinense; it needs careful ID. A fourth collection was made 31 July 2022 at Lock & Dam #1 boat ramp, Bladen County by Wayne Hoffman.
Native of the Philippines; in N.A. apparently a rare escape as it is not treated in FNA (2002). | |
| Abundance | Very rare. The Wake population contains 12-14 plants, the Richmond population only 2, the Bladen population about 20, and the Wilson one with 5 plants. | |
| Habitat | Disturbed edge of powerline, roadside at guardrail, steep slope near boat ramp. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting July-August. | |
| Identification | These plants grow 4-7 feet tall, with an abundance of slender, acuminate leaves. The very large flowers are white (reddish brown medially on the outside, especially in bud), forming a long tube and flaring lobes -- like a trumpet. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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