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Lipochaeta micrantha var. exigua

(O.Deg. & Sherff) R.C.Gardner (1979)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Suffruticose perennial herbs.

Stems:

Roots: Roots rooting along lower surface.

Leaves: opposite deltate in outline, 3.1 cm or less long, ca. 2.2 cm wide, with 2 basal lobes, Margins with basal lobes.

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: Rhodora 81(827): 325 (1979)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:338 (K [as Lipochaeta micrantha var. exigua]); Wagner & Robinson 2002:554 (COMBNOV & STATNOV:Syn. L. micrantha var. exigua = Melanthera micrantha subsp. exigua); Orchard 2013:402 (proposed COMBNOV:Syn. M. micrantha subsp. exigua = Wollastonia micrantha subsp. exigua, KEY)

Occurrences

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