Overview

Distribution

National Distribution

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Global Range: Hawaiian Islands, on Lanai, and in scattered locales on Molokai and Maui.

Molokai (scattered), Lanai, Maui (scattered). I have seen this species in only one area on Lanai.
Occurs in dry areas. (J. Lau, 2003)

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Physical Description

Type Information

Lectotype for Lipochaeta heterophylla A. Gray
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Status verified by specimen annotations only
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): Wilkes Explor. Exped.
Locality: West Maui., Maui, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
  • Lectotype: Gray, A. 1861. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 5: 130.
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Ecology

Habitat

Comments: Scattered in open areas and margins of lava flows, primarily coastal, in grassland and alien shrubland, 0-400 meters (Wagner et al. 1990).

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Conservation

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N1 - Critically Imperiled

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Rounded Global Status Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled

Reasons: Occurring on three Hawaiian Islands at low elevations near the coast in grassland or alien shrubland.

Molokai (scattered), Lanai, Maui (scattered). I have seen this species in only one area on Lanai.
Occurs in dry areas. (J. Lau, 2003)

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