Wollastonia

Nehe or Olokele Canyon neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredKauai (Cultivated)Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5490620181/in/datetaken-...Leaveswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491214480/in/datetaken-...Other plant featureswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491217818/in/datetaken-...EtymologyThe Greek generic name Melanthera means black-stamened-one.The specific epithet fauriei is named for Jean Urbain Faurie (1847-1915), a French priest and botanist, who sent many botanical specimens from the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere to major herbaria in Europe and America.

Nehe or Olokele Canyon neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredKauai (Cultivated)Flowerwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491217146/in/datetaken-...EtymologyThe Greek generic name Melanthera means black-stamened-one.The specific epithet fauriei is named for Jean Urbain Faurie (1847-1915), a French priest and botanist, who sent many botanical specimens from the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere to major herbaria in Europe and America.

Nehe or Olokele Canyon neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredKauai (Cultivated)Flowerwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491217146/in/datetaken-...EtymologyThe Greek generic name Melanthera means black-stamened-one.The specific epithet fauriei is named for Jean Urbain Faurie (1847-1915), a French priest and botanist, who sent many botanical specimens from the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere to major herbaria in Europe and America.

Nehe or Olokele Canyon neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredKauai (Cultivated)Flowerwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5491217146/in/datetaken-...EtymologyThe Greek generic name Melanthera means black-stamened-one.The specific epithet fauriei is named for Jean Urbain Faurie (1847-1915), a French priest and botanist, who sent many botanical specimens from the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere to major herbaria in Europe and America.(Photo is a bit overexposed, but shows a stem feature of this extremely rare plant.)

NeheAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredOahu (Cultivated)nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Melanthera_tenuifolia

[syn. Lipochaeta tenuifolia, Melanthera tenuifolia]Nehe or Slender-leaf neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Central Waianae Mountains, Oahu)NatureServe: Critically imperilledOahu (Cultivated)Flowerwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/15910238979/in/datetaken...Leafwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16095658712/in/datetaken...Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16070673466/in/datetaken...EtymologyThe generic name Melanthera is Greek, meaning "black-stamened-one."The specific epithet tenuifolia is from the Latin tenuis, slender or fine, and folium, leaves, referring to the thin foliage of this nehe.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Melanthera_tenuifolia

NeheAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)NPH 00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Melanthera_tenuifolia

NeheAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)NPH00002nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Melanthera_tenuifolia

[syn. Lipochaeta tenuifolia, Melanthera tenuifolia]Nehe or Slender-leaf neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Central Waianae Mountains, Oahu)NatureServe: Critically imperilledOahu (Cultivated)Flowerwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/15910238979/in/datetaken...Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16070673466/in/datetaken...EtymologyThe generic name Melanthera is Greek, meaning "black-stamened-one."The specific epithet tenuifolia is from the Latin tenuis, slender or fine, and folium, leaves, referring to the thin foliage of this nehe.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Melanthera_tenuifolia

[syn. Lipochaeta tenuifolia, Melanthera tenuifolia]Nehe or Slender-leaf neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Central Waianae Mountains, Oahu)NatureServe: Critically imperilledOahu (Cultivated)Flowerwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/15910238979/in/datetaken...Leafwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16095658712/in/datetaken...Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16070673466/in/datetaken...EtymologyThe generic name Melanthera is Greek, meaning "black-stamened-one."The specific epithet tenuifolia is from the Latin tenuis, slender or fine, and folium, leaves, referring to the thin foliage of this nehe.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Melanthera_tenuifolia

[syn. Lipochaeta tenuifolia, Melanthera tenuifolia]Nehe or Slender-leaf neheAsteraceae (Sunflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Central Waianae Mountains, Oahu)NatureServe: Critically imperilledOahu (Cultivated)Leafwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16095658712/in/datetaken...Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16070673466/in/datetaken...EtymologyThe generic name Melanthera is Greek, meaning "black-stamened-one."The specific epithet tenuifolia is from the Latin tenuis, slender or fine, and folium, leaves, referring to the thin foliage of this nehe.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Melanthera_tenuifolia