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Shrubland nehe

Lipochaeta lobata

Shrubland nehe
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0

Shrubland nehe is a native Hawaiian daisy-family shrub that grows in dry coastal shrublands and dry forest on Oʻahu, Maui, and Niʻihau. It is one of several Lipochaeta species; a variety of it is federally listed as endangered, so it is a plant for conservation rather than typical garden cultivation.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; it is adapted to dry conditions and tolerates drought.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil; poor soil is fine.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions suited to Hawaiian lowland dry sites; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Niʻihau, Oʻahu, W. Maui)

About

Lipochaeta lobata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name shrubland nehe. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it can be found in coastal dry shrublands and dry forests on Oʻahu, Maui, and Niʻihau.

There are two varieties of this species. One, var. leptophylla, is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

Other Lipochaeta plants

Olokele Canyon nehe · Maui nehe · Kauai nehe · Seaside nehe · Waianae Range nehe · Spreading nehe · Waimea Canyon Nehe · Nehe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lipochaeta lobata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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