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Updated 12/18/2012

Family Euphorbiaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Euphorbia deppeana

Nu'uanu Pali, Oahu

 

NU'UANU PALI 'AKOKO

Very rare subshrub on windward cliffs near Oahu's Nu'uanu Pali Lookout.  Thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in 1986.  Leaves lack hairs, with rounded apex & finely serrate margins.  Flowers 1.5 - 3mm wide, nearly sessile in leaf axil.  Similar to Euphorbia multiformis var. microphylla.  Formerly known as Chamaesyce deppeana.

http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc1124.pdf