''Phyllostegia parviflora'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name smallflower phyllostegia. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

, where it is known from

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

Oahu Oahu () (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering place#Island of Oʻahu as The Gathering Place, Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over t ...

, and the island of

.''Phyllostegia parviflora''.
The Nature Conservancy. It is a federally listed

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of the United States. There are three varieties of this plant. The var. ''glabriuscula'' was not seen for a long time until it was rediscovered in 2006 on Hawaii. There are about 100 individuals remaining in the wild and some which have been planted in the habitat. The newly named variety ''lydgatei'' has been seen in the wild recently but now is thought to remain only in cultivation. The var. ''parviflora'' remains in a population of about 200 plants on Oahu, but it has not been seen on Maui in several years.USFWS
''Phyllostegia parviflora'' Five-year Review.
January 2008.

References

External links

USDA Plants Profile
parviflora Endemic flora of Hawaii Taxa named by George Bentham Plants described in 1830 {{Lamiaceae-stub