Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Bidens forbesii subsp. forbesii
Collector Name:
Adam M. Williams
Collection Date:
July 28, 2017
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Kawaihau District
Locality:
Anahola Mountains, below summit of Kawalumakua, Moloaa Forest Reserve
Plant Description:
Perennial shrubs to 1.5m tall with yellow ray flowers, roughly four per head but not persisting on older flowers, fruits a curved achene with setose margins. Flowering on lateral branches.
Phenology:
*flower*fruit*immature fruit*
Population Area:
10-100 m2
Habitat:
Ridge top in disturbed Low elevation Ohia Uluhe Mesic Forest
Associated Species:
Schinus terebinthifolius, Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Syzygium cuminii, Andropogon sp., Euphorbia sp., Stachytarpheta sp.
Comments:
The seeds do not match description of B. sandvicensis (they are curved and slightly coiled, not straight), but the plants key to this taxon otherwise
Date of Record Creation:
May 13, 2020
Date of Last Update:
April 21, 2023
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