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Argyroxiphium virescens

Hillebr. (1888)

This name is accepted

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

greensword, greenswrod

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) shrub or a subspherical rosette, 0.1–1.5 m.

Stems:

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

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate or spiralled. Blades linear Apex acute. Base clasping. Margins ciliate or entire.

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 219 (1888)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:261 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
2 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
3 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1251 Maui BISH 1919-08-02
4 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1251 Maui BISH 1919-08-02
5 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1170 Maui BISH 1919-08-17
6 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1018 Maui BISH 1919-08-03
7 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1064 Maui BISH 1919-08-04
8 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
9 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
10 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1170 Maui BISH 1919-08-17
11 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 369 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
12 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On face of cliff, near scrub Preserved_Specimen 1.8 m tall, one plant inflorescence 1 m long, leaves faded green, whole inflorescence densely white viscid pilose, disk flowers green, ray flowers lavender St.John, H. 21153 Maui BISH 1945-08-26
13 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On face of cliff, near scrub Preserved_Specimen 1.8 m tall, one plant inflorescence 1 m long, leaves faded green, whole inflorescence densely white viscid pilose, disk flowers green, ray flowers lavender St.John, H. 21153 Maui BISH 1945-08-26
14 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On face of cliff near scrub Preserved_Specimen 1.8 m tall, one plant inflorescence 1 m long, leaves faded green, whole inflorescence densely white viscid pilose, disk flowers green, ray flowers lavender St.John, H. 21153 Maui BISH 1945-08-26
15 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Maui BISH 1919-07-01
16 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1018 Maui BISH 1919-08-03
17 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Maui BISH
18 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On fog- and rainswept moss-covered eroded lava Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3528 Maui BISH 1927-08-17
19 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On fog- and rainswept moss-covered eroded lava Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3528 Maui BISH 1927-08-17
20 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
21 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On face of cliff, near scrub Preserved_Specimen 1.8 m tall, one plant inflorescence 1 m long, leaves faded green, whole inflorescence densely white viscid pilose, disk flowers green, ray flowers lavender St.John, H. 21153 Maui BISH 1945-08-26
22 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
23 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
24 Argyroxiphium virescens Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8575 Maui BISH 1910-10-08
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