page_title: Melanthera fauriei
section_title: Conservation
hierarchical_section_title: Melanthera fauriei / Conservation
caption_attribution_description: Nehe Asteraceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauaʻi only) Endangered Kauaʻi (Cultivated)
context_page_description: Melanthera fauriei, known by the common name Olokele Canyon nehe, is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family.
context_section_description: Melanthera fauriei is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States. There are only ten populations remaining, with a total global population of no more than 240 plants.
  The main threat to the species is the loss and degradation of its habitat caused by deer, goats, rats, wild boars, fires, landslides, and invasive plant species.
caption: Plant form and foliage texture
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