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Fuzzystem phyllostegia

Phyllostegia wawrana

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Kaua‘i: Hanalei, Koke'e)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Phyllostegia wawrana is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name fuzzystem phyllostegia. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is limited to the island of Kauai. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

When this plant was listed as an endangered species there were up to 36 individuals on Kauai. By 2006 there were up to 55 plants in three populations. This plant grows only in moist and wet forest habitat.

Other Phyllostegia plants

Mauna Kea phyllostegia · Ulihi phyllostegia · Lanai phyllostegia · Hillebrand's phyllostegia · Molokai phyllostegia · Hispid phyllostegia · Kaala phyllostegia · Waimea phyllostegia · Mann's phyllostegia · Waianae Range phyllostegia · Smallflower phyllostegia · Kiponapona

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phyllostegia wawrana 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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