Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Hibiscus kokio subsp. kokio
Collector Name:
K. R. Wood
Collection Date:
February 10, 1998
Observers:
Joan Yoshioka, Brian Naeole
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Mapulehu; upper east side (Wailau Trail to Lae O Kapuna). Elev. 2400--3000 ft. Ca 30 trees on the west side of large flat in upper Kapuna Gulch between 2400--2450 ft elev.
Plant Description:
4--7 m tall, thickly branched trees with gray-brown stems; leaves glossy, dark green above, paler below, corolla deep red; calyx light green.
Habitat:
Summit ridge of Metrosideros Montane Wet Forest with Cibotium understory and headwaters of Kapuna Gulch with narrow gulches of Metrosideros-Antidesma Lowland Wet Forest.
Date of Record Creation:
September 13, 2011
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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