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Schiedea verticillata
Schiedea verticillata, known as the devils slide schiedea or Nīhoa carnation, is an endangered species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, endemic to the island of Nīhoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where it was discovered in 1923 by the Tanager Expedition. It has been listed as endangered since 1996.
It has stems 40–60 cm (16–24 in) long, erect or sometimes trailing, and fleshy mint-colored leaves as long as 15 cm. The flowers are petal-less, have ten stamens and 4-5 styles. The plant estivates, dying back to the fleshy perennial roots during the dry season. Less than 400 individual plants survive in two of Nīhoa's rocky valleys, but the population has remained stable. How this plant is pollinated is not known.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schiedea verticillata 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.
