Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Capparis sandwichiana
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
May 25, 1988
Observers:
Tim Flynn, Lynwood Hume
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Mahaulepu area of south coast, at ca. 1 mile NE of Makawehi Point and NE.
Plant Description:
Low prostrate shrub 15-20 cm. tall at edge of cliff. Flowers sweetly fragrant, white fading to pink. Leaves fleshy, glaucous. Small population locally, endemic.
Habitat:
Windswept lithified coral sand dunes and upraised dunerock.
Associated Species:
with coastal shrug vegetation of Scaevola, Sida fallax, Chamaesyce degeneri and native herbs.
Date of Record Creation:
January 29, 2014
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
<< Return to Search Results | New Search
