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Argyroxiphium sandwicense

DC. (1836)

This name is accepted

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

‘āhinahina [ahinahina], hinahina, silversword

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) or subspherical rosette shrub, 0.1–2.3 m

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, a rosette or spiralled. Blades linear or linear-lanceolate

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); 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
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Prodr. 5: 668 (1836)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Argyroxiphium sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Maui BISH 1969-06-01
2 Argyroxiphium sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Maui BISH 1947-01-01
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