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Lipochaeta subcordata

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 erect to ascending, 3-30 dm long.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: opposite Blades narrowly deltate to deltate, +/- with 2 basal lobes, (2.4-)3.4-10(-16) cm long, (2.4-)3-6(-10) cm wide Margins with basal lobes.

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Ethnobotanical Images

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic or Potentially Naturalizing
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

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

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:341 (K, L, H [as Lipochaeta subcordata]); Wagner & Robinson 2002:554 (COMBNOV:Syn. L. subcordata = Melanthera subcordata, remove K [spms. reidentified as M. fauriei], remove L [to resurrected Läna‘i endemic M. populifolia]); Orchard 2013:404 (proposed COMBNOV:Syn. M. subcordata = Wollastonia subcordata, KEY)

Occurrences

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