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Chamaesyce hirta

Totototo Tītā (MK)

Hairy Spurge

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Hairy Spurge, Garden Spurge, Asthma Plant

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Totototo (RR), Totototo Tītā (MK AK), Mauku (TS TW), Vayavaya (PK); Other Polynesian - La‘au Fai Moti (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ?American, early circumtropical

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Weed - moderate

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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+
?++L

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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P
P
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P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Chamaesyce hirta Linnaeus
SYNONYMS: Euphorbia hirta; Euphorbia pilulifera [sensu authors]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Euphorbiales; EUPHORBIACEAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Weed - moderate. Comments: A fast growing weed in gardens. It requires constant control.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, common wayside weed, ID GMcC - not recorded during 1980s visits.

References:
p.609 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.516 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.2/574 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.294 R* Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.66 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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