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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands,
endemic to
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui.
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Habit
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Erect perennial herbs 5-15 dm tall, glabrous to sparsely pubescent with long reddish brown hairs ca. 2 mm long, from shallow, yellowish, tuberous rhizomes.
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Leaves
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Leaves asymmetrical, suborbicular in outline, 10-25 cm in diameter, hispidulous with short, white, papillose hairs, especially along the veins on lower surface, irregularly 5-9-lobed, margins serrate, petioles 10-22 cm long, stipules ovate-cordate, 1.2-3 cm long, persistent.
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Flowers
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Peduncles 10-30 cm long, bracts bright pink to white, cordate to ovate, 0.8-1.5 cm long; perianth of both sexes bright pink to white; male flowers with ovate sepals, petals spatulate, stamens yellow, distinct, anthers opening by 2 lateral slits, ovary absent; female flowers usually formed before male ones, sepal lobes ovate-lanceolate, persistent on ovary, petals spatulate, ovary wingless.
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Fruit
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Capsules 0.8-1.3 cm in diameter.
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Seeds
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Seeds pale reddish brown, oblong, ca. 0.5 mm long.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 48*
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