Argyroxiphium kauense

(Rock & M.Neal) O.Deg. & I.Deg. (1957)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Argyroxiphium

‘āhinahina, ʻāhinahina [ahinahina], Ka‘ū silversword [Kau silversword]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) or a subspherical rosette shrub, 0.4–2.5(–3;1) m tall.

Stems:

Roots: Root system includes a tap root, adventitious roots, and rooting at nodes.

Leaves: Leaves simple. A rosette. Blades linear Apex acute. Base clasping. Margins entire.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); black; brown in color; arcuate or linear; 5-angled; nerved; ribbed; glabrous; ribbed/nerved; with a pappus.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiiensis, Fam. 344: s.p. (1957)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:260 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Plant 41 inches tall, in full flower; fls have pleasant odor Carpenter, R.W. Maui BISH 1960-08-18
2 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Plant about 8.25 ft. high; mature seeds only Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1963-12-03
3 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Empty fl. heads, & 5 leaves Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1963-08-21
4 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 3 Hawaii BISH 1989-07-28
5 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 430 Hawaii BISH 1911-08-01
6 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Bryan, L.W. 25670 Hawaii BISH 1956-07-26
7 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1922-08-22
8 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stemmermann, R.L. 1127 Hawaii BISH 1976-07-24
9 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lamoureux, C.H. 94 Hawaii BISH 1978-08-02
10 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. BISH 1880-01-01
11 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Bryan, L.W. 25670 Hawaii BISH 1956-07-26
12 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. BISH 1880-01-01
13 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen BISH
14 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lamoureux, C.H. 93 Hawaii BISH 1978-08-02
15 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details A`a lava; open Metrosideros scrub area with Styphelia, Lycopodium, Oreobolus, Deschampsia, Coprosma, Dubautia, Geranium, Vaccinium, Luzula, Gahnia, Plantago, Stereocaulon, Cladonia Preserved_Specimen Erect, unbranched plant to about 8 ft. tall, but usually 4-6 ft. Ray florets usually yellow green, but ocassionally purple streaked to deep purple, slightly fragrant. When in flower, most leaves dead, drooping. Plant has resinous odor. About 250 flowering. Herbst, D.R. 5041 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-19
16 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. BISH 1864-01-01
17 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open bog dominated by Carex montis-eeka Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 39 Hawaii BISH 1989-08-18
18 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In a bog Preserved_Specimen Jacobi, J.D. 26 Hawaii BISH 1977-08-21
19 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open bog dominated by Carex montis-eeka Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 49 Hawaii BISH 1989-08-18
20 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common in isolated grassy bog with Viola Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 35682 Hawaii BISH 1977-01-22
21 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details A;a lava; open Metrosideros scrub area with Styphelia, Lycopodium, Oreobolus, Deschampsia, Coprosma, Dubautia, Geranium, Vaccinium, Luzula, Gahnia, Plantago, Stereocaulon, Cladonia Preserved_Specimen Erect, unbranched plant to about 8 ft. tall, but usually 4-6 ft. Ray florets usually yellow green, but occasionally purple streaked to deep purple, slightly fragrant. When in flower, most leaves dead, drooping. Plant has resinous odor. About 250 flowering Herbst, D.R. 5041 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-19
22 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In a bog Preserved_Specimen Jacobi, J.D. 26 Hawaii BISH 1977-08-21
23 Argyroxiphium kauense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In a`a with Geranium cuneatum hypoleucum, Vaccinium reticulatum, Styphelia, Oreobolus, in open Metrosideros woodland Preserved_Specimen Unbranched rosette plant, woody stem ca. 1 ft. high below rosette of silvery leaves; fls. yellow on some plants, purplish on others. Plants in flower ca. 6 ft. tall Carlquist, S. 2110 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02