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Updated 4/5/2013

Family Nyctaginaceae

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Boerhavia repens

Makapu'u, Oahu

 

Kaloko, Oahu

 

Makapu'u, Oahu

Lana'i Lookout, Oahu

BROAD-LEAVED ALENA

Indigenous sprawling herb common along dry coasts & leeward slopes.  Has sticky fruits & a tuberous root.  Leaves orbicular, margin entire or slightly undulate, flowers borne on axillary cymes, robust habit.  Native from Africa to the Pacific Islands.