Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Argemone glauca
Collector Name:
K. R. Wood
Collection Date:
February 19, 2002
Observers:
Eric VanderWerf, David Duffy, Earl Campbell
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Waimea District
Locality:
Lehua, southwestern slopes,
Plant Description:
shrub, 50 cm tall, few branched, stems and leaves glaucus blue-green, occasional on the western slopes of the southwest ridge, in addition to being occasional on the inner crescent slopes
Habitat:
Cenchrus ciliaris-Setaria verticillata-Portulaca oleracea-Jacquemontia ovalifolia association
Associated Species:
with Pluchea indica, P. carolinensis, and Ageratum conyzoides, Chenopodium murale, Waltheria indica, Cenchrus echinatus, and Chloris virgata.
Comments:
Argemone glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope var. glauca
Pua kala is an endemic perennial herb with glaucus blue-green stems and leaves, yellow latex, and white flowers. Caum reported this species as being rare in 1931 with two plants in a pocket just behind the cliffs on the south side, and two more in a deep gully on the northern side of the southwest ridge. We noted this species as occasional on the western slopes of the southwest ridge, in addition to being occasional on the inner crescent slopes.
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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