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NTBG Plant Name:
Hibiscus kokio subsp. kokio
Barcode:
PTBG1000046358
Specimen ID:
068171
Collector ID:
3858
Collector Name:
Natalia Tangalin
Collection Date:
July 3, 2014
Herbarium Name:
PTBG
Region:
Hawaii
Country:
US
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Island:
Kauai
State:
HI
County:
Kauai County
District:
Lihue District
Elevation:
530
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.
Num Duplicates:
1-2
Plant Category:
dicot
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.
Aspect:
North
Slope:
Moderate
Closure:
Scattered
Plant Height:
10 ft.
Moisture:
Mesic
Topography:
Low-Slope
Habit:
Other
Phenology:
fruit, flower, bud
Vigor:
Normal
Frequency:
Occasional
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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