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Updated 1/15/2023

Family Asteraceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Bidens sandvicensis  

Wa'ahila ridge, Oahu

 

Nu'uanu Pali, Oahu

 

KO'OKO'OLAU

Endemic perennial herb frequent in alien shrubland on dry & mesic ridges of Kaua'i & Oahu.  Pinnate leaflets with serrate margins, flower diameter 2 inches, seeds linear with marginal setae, not twisted as in Bidens asymmetrica from SE Oahu.  Hybrids exist in the Tantalus & Nu'uanu area.