Euphorbia deppeana NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
ITIS Reports — Euphorbia deppeana ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.Euphorbia deppeana is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae known by the common names Deppe’s broomspurge and Oahu sandmat. It is endemic to Oʻahu, Hawaii, where it is known from only one population in moist shrublands on Nuʻuanu Pali. Like other native Hawaiian euphorbs it is called ʻakoko locally.Very rare subshrub on windward cliffs near Oahu’s Nu’uanu Pali Lookout. Thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in 1986. Leaves lack hairs, with rounded apex & finely serrate margins. Flowers 1.5 – 3mm wide, nearly sessile in leaf axil. Similar to Euphorbia multiformis var. microphylla. Formerly known as Chamaesyce deppeana.
