Family Asteraceae 2

Daisy Family

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Gaillardia pulchella

Bellows, Oahu

GAILLARDIA    MELEKULI WAI KAHULI

Stout hairy herb uncommon in disturbed dry coastal areas of Kure, Oahu & Maui.  Native from Nebraska to Arizona, Mexico, & Florida.

Parthenium hysterophorus

Kanaio, Maui

FALSE RAGWEED or SANTA MARIA

Annual herb of dry disturbed pasture & lowlands on Kaua'i, Moloka'i, Maui & Hawaii.  Native to Tropical America.

Eclipta prostrata

Bellows, Oahu

FALSE DAISY

Sprawling annual herb of disturbed habitats.  Strigose, lanceolate leaves with serrate margins, stems reddish brown.  Native to Tropical America & Asia.  Formerly known as Eclipta alba.

Ageratina riparia

Nu'uanu Pali, Oahu

SPREADING MIST FLOWER    HAMAKUA PAMAKANI

Sprawling subshrub of dry or wet disturbed habitats.  Leaves narrow or elliptic, stems not sticky.  Native to Mexico & the Caribbean.

Ageratum conyzoides

Waimanalo, Oahu

AGERATUM    MAILE HONOHONO

Annual weed of disturbed habitats.  Native to Central & South America.

Pluchea indica

Kahuku, Oahu

 

Lana'i Lookout, Oahu

INDIAN FLEABANE

Common invasive shrub in disturbed coastal habitats.  Stiff shiny leaves coarsely dentate, 1 - 2 inches long.  Native to Southern Asia. 

Pluchea carolinensis

Waimanalo, Oahu

 

Nu'uanu Pali, Oahu

 

Wa'ahila ridge, Oahu

SOURBUSH

Common invasive shrub of primarily dry disturbed areas.  Soft grayish hairy leaves with entire margins, 2 - 8 inches long.  Native to the Tropical Americas.  Formerly known as Pluchea symphytifolia.

Pluchea x fosbergii

Kalaeloa, Oahu

MARSH FLEABANE

Spontaneous hybrid between P. indica & P. carolinensis.  Weedy shrub of dry disturbed areas.  Somewhat stiff shiny leaves with short hairs and dentate margins, 2 - 4 inches long.  Occurs in the Central Pacific.

Elephanotopus mollis

Wa'ahila ridge, Oahu

SOFT ELEPHANT'S FOOT

Silky herbaceous weed found in a variety of disturbed habitats.  Native to the tropics worldwide.

Flaveria trinervia

Kalaeloa, Oahu

FLAVERIA

Coarse annual weed of dry disturbed coastal sites from Kaua'i to Maui.  Tropics & subtropics worldwide.

Erigeron karvinskianus

Nu'uanu Pali, Oahu

DAISY FLEABANE

Sprawling weed of wet disturbed habitats.  Flowers white fading to pink.  Native to tropical Central & South America.

Xanthium strumarium var. canadense

Kaloko, Oahu

COCKLEBUR    KIKANIA

Annual weed of dry disturbed lowlands.  Occurs worldwide and native to the Americas.

HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Cosmos bipinnatus

UH Manoa, Oahu

COSMOS

Annual herb native to Central & South America.

 

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