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Lipochaeta integrifolia

(Nutt.) A.Gray (1861)

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:

Roots: Roots rooting along lower surface.

Leaves: opposite Blades oblong to spatulate, (0.4-)0.8-3 cm long, (0.2-)0.4-1.5 cm wide

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

PROPAGATION/CULTIVATION

  • The seeds are tiny, generally less than 1/8 inch long. Wollastonia integrifolia can be grown from seeds. (Koob 1999; Wagner 1990)
  • Wollastonia integrifolia is most easily grown from cuttings. Koob recommends planting tip cuttings in a moist, well-drained, sterile medium such as perlite or sharp sand. Rooting hormones, mist beds, and humidity chambers are not necessary. Boche reports 90% success in rooting stem or tip cuttings unde 50% shade using a medium of 3 parts peat moss to 1 part vermiculite. Rooting will take place in 2 to 4 weeks. (Boche 1992; Koob 1999)
  • Wollastonia integrifolia plants can be divided. Because the stems often root at the nodes, sections of established planting beds can be removed with a sharp shovel or knife and replanted. Do not over water these divisions. (Koob 1999)
  • No applicable. [Data from Herring, E. C., & Criley, R. A. (2003). The Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Web Site: Developing a Webbased Information Resource. HortTechnology, 13(3), 545-548. https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/hawnprop/]

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Mokupāpapa (Kure atoll) Endemic
Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Endemic
Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Kamole(Laysan Island) Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Kaho'olawe Unknown
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 130 (1861)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:336 (Ku, La, Ni, K, O, Mo, L, M, Ka, H [as Lipochaeta integrifolia]); Wagner & Robinson 2001:552 (COMBNOV, Syn. L. integrifolia = Melanthera integrifolia); Staples & Herbst 2005:150 (KEY), 169 (DESCR); Orchard 2013:399 (COMBNOV, Syn. M. integrifolia = Wollastonia integrifolia, not followed, KEY); Edwards et al. 2018 (Syn. M. integrifolia = L. integrifolia); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:161 (remove Ka [no evidence of presence]); Jonathan Plissner pers. comm. 2025 (Mi? recently introduced for restoration and now established, but no spm.); Starr et al. 2001/Lamoureux 2278 BISH (Ku†, 1982); Starr & Starr 2013b/Bryan s.n. BISH 75760 (La†, 1903); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs./Gardner 388 BISH (L†, 1975)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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