Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Kanaloa kahoolawensis
Collector Name:
K. R. Wood
Collection Date:
May 19, 2009
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Makawao District
Locality:
Aleale seastack.
Plant Description:
Shrub, 3 m x 2 m wide, ca 50-75 cm tall, thickly branched, very healthy, 90-95% leaf cover, 5-10% branch tip die-back from old drought injury, trunk ca. 10 cm diameter @ base, stems gray to gray brown, final seed capsule collected, mature, seed to be sent to Maui Nui Botanical Garden (MNBG).
Habitat:
Mixed native dry coastal shrubland-grassland.
Associated Species:
Eragrostis leptophylla, Senna gaudichaudii, Portulaca molokiniensis, Sida fallax, Melanthera lavarum, Heteropogon contortus, Bidens mauiensis, Capparis sandwichiana, Ipomoea tuboides, Kanaloa kahoolawensis, Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens, and Cuscuta sandwichiana.
Comments:
NTBG ACC #090375=Wood 13763, SEED COLLECTION- Native Hawaiian; remaining seed collected with intention to send to MNBG; Single Bulwer's Petrel heard in small opening of talus slope;
Date of Record Creation:
January 19, 2013
Date of Last Update:
May 20, 2024
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