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Waianae Range nehe

Lipochaeta tenuifolia

Also called Nehe

Waianae Range nehe
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0

Waianae Range nehe is a rare, native Hawaiian perennial herb in the daisy family, found only on Oahu's Waianae Range. It is a wild species and is not commonly grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for a warm, frost-free climate.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings, as it grows in dry mountain slopes.
Soil
Free-draining, rocky or sandy soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Oʻahu)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lipochaeta tenuifolia is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Waianae Range nehe and slender-leaf nehe.

It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Oahu. It grows on mountain slopes and ridges and is limited to the Waianae Range of Oahu. There are 10 occurrences for a total population between 2,000 and 3,000 individuals.

Other Lipochaeta plants

Olokele Canyon nehe · Maui nehe · Shrubland nehe · Kauai nehe · Seaside nehe · Spreading nehe · Waimea Canyon Nehe · Nehe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lipochaeta tenuifolia 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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