Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Sanchezia speciosa
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
April 1, 1990
Determiner:
Herbst & Staples 1992
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Kawaihau District
Locality:
Kalihiwai Valley, South side of Kalihiwai River, first gulch mauka of ocean.
Plant Description:
Perennial herb 1-1.5 m tall, stems yellowish, square. Leaves dark green above with white costa and secondary veins. Inflo rescence branches yellow, bracts brick red, corolla base, style & stamens yellow. Flowers not fragrant (4 PM). Naturalized, spreading vegetatively and forming dominant ground cover; no fruit set noted.
Habitat:
Secondary vegetat ion of Albizia, Psidium, Caesalpinia decapetala, Hibiscus tiliaceous, with understory of Heliconia, Sanchezia & Nicolaia.
Date of Record Creation:
April 20, 2013
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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