american samoa - University of Hawaii at Manoa

Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less.
[ironweed]
Small herb with alternate leaves, purple disc florets
in heads arranged in loose terminal cymes, and
plumed achenes. Occasional to common in disturhcd
placcj, rcported from near sea level to 360 m
clcvation. A modcrn introduction, native to tropical
America. Eames T3; Lamoureux 3057; Whistler
2758. 9012!.
*Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc.
Low-growing herb with opposite leaves having
toothed margins, showy yellow composite flowers
on long peduncles, and yellow disk and ray florets.
Uncommon as an escape from cultivation and
sometimes weedy, reported only from the lowlands.
A modern introduction, native to the New World
Tropics. Whistler 9059.
Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC.
[beach sunflower] ateate
Subshrub with opposite leaves, panicles of composite
flowers, and yellow disc and ray florets. Common
to abundant in sunny coastal areas, sometimes
extending inland in coconut plantations, reported
from near sea level to 450 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from tropical Asia to the Austral Islands.
Setchell 17, 125; Garber 812; Bryan 975; Yuncker
9368; Mitchell 529; Wisner s.n.; Lamoureux 3091;
Whistler 1434, 29 15, 8562!.
Youngia japonica (L.) DC.
[Oriental hawksbeard]
Rosette-forming herb with lobed, basal leaves,
yellow ray disc florets in heads in long, thin,
branching panicles, and plumed achenes. Uncommon
in disturbed places, reported from near sea
level to ca. 300 m elevation. A modern introduction,
native from India to Japan. Whistler 5733,
8419, 8647!.
BARRINGTONIACEAE
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz
[fish-poison tree] futu
Large tree with large, alternate, obovate leaves,
large flowers with numerous long, white and pink
stamens, and large top-shaped fruits. Common to
abundant in littoral, coastal, and ridge forests,
reported from near sea level to ca. 200 m elevation.
Indigenous, ranging from Madagascar to the
Marquesas. Setchell 105, 144, 160, 344; Long
2597; Whistler 2913, 8916!.
Rarringtonia samoensis A. Gray
thlaga
Medium-sized tree with large alternate leaves,
flowers in hanging racemes, numerous showy red
stamens, and top-shaped fruits. Occasional in
lowland to montane forest, reported from 5 to 600 m
elevation. Indigenous, ranging westward to Indonesia.
USEE s.n.; Home 3, 4; Setchell45, 159, 202,
250; Bryan 87; Garber 851, 857, 860, 883, 944;
Christophersen 1036; Yuncker 9362; Wisner 122,
125; Spence 482!; Whistler 1276,2863, 3287, 3654,
91 10.
BORAGINACEAE
Corda aspera Forst. f.
tou
Small tree with alternate leaves, small white sympetalous
flowers, and white fleshy fruits. Rare in
lowland forest, reported from 30 to 275 m elevation.
Indigenous or a Polynesian introduction, ranging
from the Philippines to Samoa. Whistler 3 112,
3113,9347!.
*Cordia subcordata Lam.
tauanave
Medium-sized tree with alternate leaves, showy
orange flowers and green, subglobose fruit. Uncommon
in littoral forest, reported only near sea level.
Indigenous, ranging from tropical Asia to eastern
Polynesia. Setchell 369; Christophersen 1175;
Yuncker 9381; Whistler 2808.
*Heliotropium procumbens Mill.
Low herb with narrow, pubescent, alternate leaves
and tiny white sympetalous flowers in scorpeoid
cymes. Uncommon in disturbed places, reported
only from the lowlands. A modern introduction,
native to tropical America. Whistler 2968.
"Tournefortia argentea L. f.
[beach heliotrope] tausuni
Small tree with silvery-pubescent, alternate leaves,
small white flowers in compound, scorpeoid cymes,