Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Kadua elatior
Collector Name:
K. R. Wood
Collection Date:
January 7, 2015
Observers:
Steve Perlman, Mark Query
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Ridge and slopes running south of Kawaikini.
Plant Description:
Sub-shrub, 35 cm long, corolla yellow-green, rheophytic along streams, occasional.
Habitat:
Dubautia-Sadleria shrubland-fernland
Associated Species:
w/ Dubautia imbricata subsp. acronaea, D. knudsenii subsp. filiformis, D. laxa subsp. hirsuta, D. paleata, D. raillardioides, D. pauciflorula, Sadleria cyatheoides, S. pallida, S. souleyetiana, S. squarrosa, Antidesma platyphyllum var. hillebrandii, Astelia argyrocoma, Bidens forbesii, Broussaisia arguta, Coprosma kauaense, Ilex anomala, Pritchardia hardyi, Syzygium sandwicensis, numerous species of Cheirodendron, Cyanea, Cyrtandra, Labordia, Kadua, Lobelia, Melicope, Metrosideros, Myrsine, Peperomia, Pipturus, Platydesma, Polyscias, Psychotria, Scaevola, and Vaccinium, common sedges are Cyperus sandwicensis, Eragrostis grandis, Gahnia vitiensis subsp. kauaiensis, Machaerina angustifolia, Panicum lineale, along with several species of Dichanthelium, ferns include Cibotium glaucum, Dicranopteris linearis, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Sphenomeris chinensis, several species of Adenophorus, Asplenium, Dryopteris, Elaphoglossum, and Hymenophyllum, open bogs occur in scattered locations along the main upper headwater ridge line and are dominated by genera such as Metrosideros, Rhynchospora, Dichanthelium, Gahnia, Machaerina, Plantago, Viola, and Oreobolus, occasional stands of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest, several nearby steep slopes composed of Dicranopteris linearis, Diplopterygium pinnatum, and Sticherus owhyhensis.
Comments:
UTM: 0448466-2438688
Date of Record Creation:
June 15, 2015
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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