Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Kadua littoralis
Collector Name:
Steve Perlman
Collection Date:
April 25, 2001
Determiner:
David H. Lorence 2012
Observers:
K. R. Wood, Susan Ching, Maya Legrande
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Wailau valley to Waiehu, along coast, 5 m. - 10 m. elev. in boulders.
Plant Description:
Succulent, perennial herb, stems woody at base, quadrangular glabrous, leaves clustered at base of stem, upper surface glossy, lower surface dull, broadly elliptic, sessile, flowers white, fleshy, salverform.
Associated Species:
w/ Scaevola taccada, Pandanus tectorius, Artemisia, Bidens hillebrandiana, Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens, Lysimachia mauritiana, Cyrtomium falcata, Hedyotis littoralis, Bidens molokaiensis, Ischaemum byrone.
Comments:
Tissue sample removed for DNA analysis by I. H. Lichter-Marck for NSF project #2040347 August 2021
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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