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Spreading nehe

Lipochaeta venosa

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Hawaiʻi)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lipochaeta venosa is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name spreading nehe. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Hawaii. It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.

This perennial herb produces daisylike yellow flower heads. It grows on cinder cones on Hawaii, where there are six occurrences for a total population around 3000 individuals.

Other Lipochaeta plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lipochaeta venosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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