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Lipochaeta connata

(Gaudich.) DC. (1836)

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 erect, 10-20 dm long.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: opposite Blades ovate to broadly elliptic or lanceolate, 8-19(-25) cm long, 4-9.5(-12) 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

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Endemic
Kaua'i Endemic
Lana'i Not in flora
Kaho'olawe Extirpated
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Not in flora

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Prodr. 5: 611 (1836)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lipochaeta connata USA, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, West Maui, Kaua'ula Valley, South slope, upper slope in remnant native forest patch Aspect: N. Sprawling plant, in small opening in nativer mesic forest, very uncommon. Mesid: Myrsine lanaiensis, Coprosma foliosa, Pipturus albidus, Sophora chrysophylla, Notelaea sandwicensis, Neraudia melastomifolia, Melicope hawaiensis, Pteris hillebrandii, Dryopteris sandwicensis, Bidens micrantha, Schinus, Petroselinum Preserved_Specimen Pezzillo, Z. 1209 Maui BISH 2025-06-05
2 Lipochaeta connata Waimea District, W slope of Waimea Canyon, steep narrow ridge arising below parking pull out, 3 mi below junction of Waimea Canyon Drive and Koke`e Rd. on Waimea Canyon Drive. Common with Leucaena, Grevillea robusta, Dodonaea, Rynchelytrum, Lipochaeta waimaensis, Bidens, Waltheria, Daucus, and Opuntia. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling to weakly erect herbs to 1.5m tall, stems subterete, corollas yellow, 4-merous. rays ca 11 mm long. Wagner, W.L. 6684 Kauai BISH 1992-01-20
3 Lipochaeta connata Hanakapiai, North-western facing slopes in back of valley. Diospyros mixed forest and steep slopes of dicrantoperiws bottoming to riparian vegatation w/ Metrosideros, Chrysodracon, Psychotria mariniana, bobea elatior, Rauvolfia sandwicensis, Planchonella sanwicensis, wikstroemia oahuensis, pisonia umbellifera, kadua affinis, bidens forbesii, a few. Preserved_Specimen Shrub, 2 m long, few branched, tralling diffuse, in flower, corolla yellow, occasional. Wood, K.R. 16488 Kauai BISH 2015-06-11
4 Lipochaeta connata Hanalei, Kalalau, Lower valley, up Southwestern drainage below Kalahu Psydrax degraded mesic forest dominated by invasive Syzygium cumini, w/ cliff species of Lobelia niihauensis, Doryopteris decipiens, Carex wahuensis, Carex meyenii, Wikstroemia oahuensis, Lipochaeta connata acris, Artemisia australis, Euphorbia celastroides hanapepen... Preserved_Specimen Shrub, scandent stems, 1.25 m long, with flower and fruit. Occasional K.R. Wood 19503 Kauai BISH 2024-05-21
5 Lipochaeta connata Puehu ridge Preserved_Specimen Fagerlind, F. 6635 Kauai BISH 1948-01-01
6 Lipochaeta connata Hanalei District, Waimea Canyon rim, north facing slopes below road, ca. 4 km above Waimea town. Relic Dodonaea shrubland Preserved_Specimen Shrub, 1.75 m tall, few-branched, in flower and seed, SEED COLL. 2019001, occasional. Wood, K.R. 18027 Kauai BISH 2018-12-20
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