Lipochaeta tenuifolia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Melanthera tenuifolia (4831902287).jpg

|status = G1

|status_system = TNC

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|status2=CR

|status2_system = IUCN3.1

|status2_ref = Keir, M., Sporck-Koehler, M., Gon, S.M., Caraway, V.L., Bruegmann, M., Chau, M., Kwon, J. & Sugii, N. 2016. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80167726/115503789 Melanthera tenuifolia] (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T80167726A115503789. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T80167726A80167735.en. Accessed 4 February 2025.

|genus = Lipochaeta

|species = tenuifolia

|authority = A.Gray (1861)

|synonyms =

• Melanthera tenuifolia {{small|(A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (2001)}}
• Wollastonia tenuifolia {{small|(A.Gray) Orchard (2013)}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Lipochaeta tenuifolia A.Gray |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322752-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=4 February 2025}}

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Lipochaeta tenuifolia is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Waianae Range nehe and slender-leaf nehe.

It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Oahu.[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Lipochaeta+tenuifolia Lipochaeta tenuifolia.] The Nature Conservancy. It grows on mountain slopes and ridges and is limited to the Waianae Range of Oahu. There are 10 occurrences for a total population between 2,000 and 3,000 individuals.