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Created 2/21/2015

Family Violaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Viola chamissoniana subsp. chamissoniana



Palikea, Oahu

PAMAKANI

Endangered subshrub on dry ridges of O'ahu's southern Wai'anae mountains.  Leaves thick and glossy with petioles less than an inch long, pale yellow flowers on peduncles less than an inch long.  The parent species occurs from Kaua'i to Maui.  Endemic to Hawa'i.