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Tetramolopium lepidotum
Waianae Range tetramolopium is a rare, small erect shrub endemic to Hawaii, known today only from the Waianae Range on Oahu. It is a wild species of conservation concern and is not commonly grown in gardens.
Tetramolopium lepidotum is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Waianae Range tetramolopium. It is endemic to Hawaii, where today it is known only from the Waiʻanae Range on the island of Oahu. It is threatened by habitat degradation caused by feral goats and pigs and introduced species of plants.
There are two subspecies:
Maui tetramolopium · Pamakani · Ridgetop tetramolopium · Awalua Ridge tetramolopium · Dune tetramolopium · Tetramolopium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tetramolopium lepidotum 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.
