Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Hawaii

  • Locality

    South Kona, along road 11 above Ho'opuloa. Weed along roadside.

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
XPOGYNACEAE <
Gomphocarpus physocarpa '
HAWAI'I: South Kona, along road 11 above Ho'opuloa.
Weed along roadside.
Herb, ca 1 m. Latex white. Flowers white, erect. Fruits
(2 inflated follicles) green and warty when immature,
when dry brown and erect. Seeds flattened with a silky
hairtuft in one end.
Lena Struwe	1194
& Victor A. Albert	n T
9 June 1996
Fieldwork supported by the
Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Foundation.
The New York Botanical Garden
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