Lipochaeta waimeaensis

H.St.John (1972)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Lipochaeta

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Suffruticose perennial herbs; stems decumbent, rooting at the nodes, 10-20 dm long.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: opposite Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 4.7-5 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm wide

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela)

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 26: 293 (1972)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:344 (K [as L. waimeaensis]); Wagner & Robinson 2001:555 (COMBNOV, Syn. L. waimeaensis = Melanthera waimeaensis); Orchard 2013:406 (COMBNOV, Syn. M. waimeaensis = Wollastonia waimeaensis, not followed, KEY); Edwards et al. 2018 (Syn. M. waimeaensis = L. waimeaensis)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cultivated area Preserved_Specimen Perennial herb to 50 cm tall forming clump 1 m across, stems decumbent, green with red mottling. Lvs gray-green, paler beneath. Heads yellow, disc florets darker, rays paler Lorence, D.H. 10363 Kauai BISH 2012-10-04
2 Lipochaeta waimeaensis 3 mi S of jct of Waimea Canyon and Kokee Rds, on rim of Waimea Canyon Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. Kauai BISH 1978-06-21
3 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In alien veg with some natives Dodonaea, Sida fallax, Lipochaeta connata, Bidens, Grevillea, Rhynchelytrum, Opuntia, Leucaena leucocephala. Preserved_Specimen Few plants seen with flowers and fruit. Perlman, S. 11790 Kauai BISH 1991-04-25
4 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cultivated in native plants section, below road. Accession: 950450.004. Provenance: wild collected seed in Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i. Preserved_Specimen Perennial herb 30 cm tall, stems decumbent, purple-mottled. Leaves light green scabrid. Heads with yellow disc florets and 5 yellow ray florets. Lorence, D.H. 8170 Kauai BISH 1997-12-08
5 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Relic Dodonaea shrubland. W/ Bidens sandwicensis, Melanthera connata, Sida fallax, Sicyos herbstii, Schiedea spergulina, Spermolepis hawaiiensis, Heteropogon contortus, Panicum konaense, Doryopteris decora Preserved_Specimen shrubs, multi-stemmed at base, with flower and fruit, north aspect, 45-60 deg. slope, ca. 40 mature, and 40 juvenile Wood, K.R. 14624 Kauai BISH 2011-04-22
6 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Below Waimea Heights Road Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 170 Kauai BISH 1970-01-02
7 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep shrubby gulch. Some plants growing next to Lipochaeta connata, but no intermediates seen. Preserved_Specimen Plants with prostrate stems to 6 ft long. Gardner, R.C. 368 Kauai BISH 1975-02-14
8 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 101 Kauai BISH 1967-04-17
9 Lipochaeta waimeaensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 101 Kauai BISH 1967-04-17