Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Kadua laxiflora
Collector Name:
Natalia Tangalin
Collection Date:
April 16, 2004
Determiner:
David H. Lorence 2012
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
From Lanai Hale, upper Hauola gulch, in upper tributaries of gulch below Munro trail, steep bank above stream bottom 12 ft, main stream drainage, 400-500 meters below road, south facing slope.
Plant Description:
Sprawling shrubs, individuals intertwined. Stems winged. Top of lvs. dark green shinny w/ impressed light green veins. Lvs. broad, flat, turnate. Cymes terminal, erect, w/ small opposite lanceolate bracts, decreasing in size toward apex. Corolla green-white, salverform, corolla falling off entire.
Habitat:
Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis Riparian Zone.
Associated Species:
Scaevola chamissoniana, Pipturus, Clermontia, Broussaisia, Cyrtandra grayii, Cheirodendron, Hedyotis terminalis, Freycinetia, Sadleria.
Comments:
Tissue sample removed for DNA analysis by I. H. Lichter-Marck for NSF project #2040347 August 2021
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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