Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Hibiscus kokio subsp. kokio
Collector Name:
Natalia Tangalin
Collection Date:
July 3, 2014
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Kahili Mtn. Park, Kahili Ridge Trail above water tank, near back ridge before and below non-native grassy flat. Slopes below the P.bisattenuataXoahuensis hybird on trail before lateral ridge.
Plant Description:
Plant about 10 ft. tall and branched from base. Trunks upright and lateral, bark whitish. Leaves dark green and thick. Scratchy hairs below and less on adaxial surface. Venation raised on both surfaces, less above. Flowers red, bud upright and twisted in large yellow-green calyx.
Phenology:
fruit, flower, bud
Habitat:
Lowland Windward Wet Forest w/ Metrosideros-Dicranopteris.
Associated Species:
W/ Understory of Clidemia, Blechnum appendiculatum, Rubus rosifolius, Nephrolepis, Cyanea larrisonii, Strebulus, Boehmeria, Psychotria, Bobea, Pittosporum, Cyanea fissa, Bidens, Xylosma hawaiiense, Polyscias bisattenuata, P. oahuensis, Freycinetia arborea, Machaerina angustifolia, Hibiscus kokio, Spathoglottis plicata.
Date of Record Creation:
August 28, 2014
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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