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Schenkia sebaeoides

(A.Gray) Griseb. (1853)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Gentianaceae Genus: Schenkia

‘āwiwi [awiwi]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, glabrous annual herbs 6–20 cm tall.

Stems: Stems solitary or branched below, nearly always branched in the inflorescence.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades obovate or broadly elliptic, 0.7–3.2 cm long, 0.4–1.4(–2.3) cm wide. Apex obtuse. Base somewhat clasping the stem. Blades somewhat fleshy. Margins entire. 3(5)-veined. Sessile and sometimes clasping the stem. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in elongate, spike-like cymes, bracts elliptic. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx (4)5-lobed, deeply cleft, the lobes linear, margins often scarious, 7–8 mm long, the lobes unequal. Corolla white to very pale pink, (4)5-lobed,the tube 7.5–10 mm long, the lobes 4–4.5 mm long, narrow, apex usually emarginate; nectary disk or distinct nectary glands present, usually surrounding the ovary. Stamens usually exserted, as many as and alternate with the corolla lobes; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits or rarely by terminal pores, oblong, spirally twisted after dehiscence. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, 1-celled, placentation parietal, sometimes deeply intruded; ovules usually numerous, anatropous; style terminal, filiform, simple or 2-lobed, deciduous, wet and papillate.

Fruit: Septicidal capsules; cylindrical; 8–9.5 mm long; 2–valved. Seeds numerous; brown; ca. 0.25 mm long; the surface reticulate; with oily endosperm.

Ploidy: 2n = ca. 44*

Habitat: Scattered and rare on volcanic or clay soil in dry; rocky; coastal sites.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bonplandia (Hannover) 1: 226 (1853)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:725 (K, O, Mo, WM [as Centaurium sebaeoides]); Wagner & Herbst 1995:21 (L); Mansion 2004:725 (NOM:Syn. C. sebaeoides)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. mann & w. t. brigham 64 Maui US
2 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 2056 Oahu US 5/31/2023
3 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Coastal bluff. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer 175 Maui PTBG 4/20/1997
4 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Degraded Artemisia -Eragrostis variabilis cliff. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14722 Kauai PTBG 3/26/1995
5 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 20703 Oahu US 7/26/1950
6 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 82.M. Maui US 5/10/2020
7 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN a. a. heller 2026 Oahu US 1895-03-28
8 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R.; Obata, J.; Stemmermann, L. 5841 Oahu US 4/25/1976
9 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 9653 Molokai US 4/28/2028
10 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 9653 Molokai US 4/28/1928
11 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN r. m. lloyd 4726 Oahu US 3/17/1971
12 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information about 50 plants in <1 m squared on raised limestone/lithified sand dune. In Scaevola Coastal Shrubland. Vegetation: Scaevola, Sida, Euphorbia, Fimbristylis, Capparis, Jacquemontia, Lycium, Heliotropius, Boerhavia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H51301 Kauai BISH
13 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN seemann, b.c. collector number: 2272 Oahu BISH
14 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Arid coastal dune PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 2056 Oahu BISH 5/31/1923
15 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Scaevola coastal shrubland on raised limestone/lithified dune. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H51301 Kauai PTBG 5/3/2013
16 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 2056 Oahu US 5/31/1923
17 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst, j. obata & l. stemmermann 5841 Oahu US 4/25/1976
18 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 20703 Maui US 7/26/1950
19 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lloyd, R. M. 4726 Oahu US 3/17/1971
20 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 82.m. Maui US
21 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Heller, A. A. 2026 Oahu US 1895-00-00
22 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Panicum fauriei, Centaurium erythraea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. 050516-4 Molokai BISH 5/16/2005
23 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 3292 Lanai BISH 5/11/1991
24 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. obata, j.; l.stemmerman collector number: 5841 Oahu BISH 4/25/1976
25 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 9653 Maui BISH 4/28/1928
26 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lydgate, J.M. s.n. Kauai BISH
27 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. stokes, j.f.g. collector number: 310.mo (?) Maui BISH 2/1/1913
28 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2328.0. Oahu BISH 3/14/1916
29 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN alexander, a.m. kellogg, l. collector number: 5338 Kauai BISH 4/30/1948
30 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seemann, B.C. 2272 Oahu BISH
31 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. hansen, g. collector number: h50401 BISH 5/6/2004
32 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing on a rocky ledge, 25 plants observed, all dried up. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H59923 Maui BISH 5/31/1999
33 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Manabo, R. s.n. Molokai BISH 5/17/1982
34 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seemann, B.C. Collector Number: 2272 Oahu BISH
35 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Scaevola Coastal Shrubland, with Sesuvium, Lycium, Fimbristylis cymosa, Heliotropium curassavicum, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cynodon dactylon, Portulaca pilosa, Emilia fosbergii, Conyza bonariensis, Sphagneticola trilobata. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. Hansen, G. Collector Number: H50401 Maui BISH 5/6/2004
36 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 14058 Molokai BISH 5/24/1918
37 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Scaevola Coastal Shrubland, with Sesuvium, Lycium, Fimbristylis cymosa, Heliotropium curassavicum, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cynodon dactylon, Portulaca pilosa, Emilia fosbergii, Conyza bonariensis, Sphagneticola trilobata. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H50401 Maui BISH 5/6/2004
38 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H. 64 Oahu BISH 2/6/1905
39 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: 173 Hawaii BISH 5/16/1997
40 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5841 Oahu BISH 4/25/1976
41 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H59922 Maui PTBG 5/31/1999
42 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed shrub coastal dry cliff. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 359 Kauai PTBG 6/8/1990
43 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Seacliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7238 Maui PTBG 3/10/1998
44 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Scaevola Coastal Shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H50401 Maui PTBG 5/6/2004
45 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed shrub coastal dry cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 370 Kauai PTBG 6/9/1990
46 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Scaevola taccada shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 23434 Kauai PTBG 5/9/2013
47 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On steep, coastal cliff located adjacent to boulder-strewn beach PRESERVED_SPECIMEN J. Scott Meidell & Hank Oppenheimer 174 Maui PTBG 5/16/1997
48 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2328.O Oahu BISH 3/14/1916
49 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 14058 Hawaii BISH 5/24/1918
50 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5841 Oahu BISH 4/25/1976
51 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing with Pennisetum clandestinum (kikuyu) in stand of planted Gymnosperms. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lydgate, j.m. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH
52 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed shrub coastal dry cliff; Associated plants...Agave, Drymaria, Pluchea, Kalanchoe, Lantana, Lipochaeta, Bidens, Portulaca, Centaurium sebaeoides, Lysimachia mauritiana. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 359 Kauai BISH 6/8/1990
53 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2328.O Oahu BISH 3/14/1916
54 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: h59923 Oahu BISH 5/31/1999
55 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 3292 Lanai BISH 5/11/1991
56 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On a steep coastal cliff. Assoc. vegetation: Casuarina equisetifolia, Cocculus trilobus, Atriplex semibaccata, Portulaca oleracea, Lycium sandwicense, Sesuvium portulacastrum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. 173 Maui BISH 5/16/1997
57 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 82.M Maui BISH 5/1/1910
58 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing with Bidens molokaiensis, Digitaria & Chenopodium on windswept sea cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nagata, K.M. 1855 Molokai BISH 5/27/1979
59 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Alexander, A.M. 5338 Kauai BISH 4/30/1948
60 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lydgate, J.M. s.n. Maui BISH
61 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lydgate, j.m. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH
62 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 310.Mo (?) Maui BISH 2/1/1913
63 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2328.0 Oahu BISH 3/14/1916
64 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 2056 Oahu BISH 5/31/1923
65 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Coastal bluff. Assoc. vegetation: Scaevola sericea, Fimbristylis cymosa, Lipochaeta integrifolia, Desmodium sp., Chenopodium oahuensis, Cynodon dactylon, Anagallis arvensis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. 176 Maui BISH 4/20/1997
66 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Coastal, clay ledges. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. degener, i.; fleming, w. collector number: 25048 Maui BISH 3/30/1959
67 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN manabo, r. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 5/17/1982
68 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 82.m Maui BISH 5/1/1910
69 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Coastal bluff. Assoc. vegetation: Scaevola sericea, Fimbristylis cymosa, Lipochaeta integrifolia, Desmodium sp., Chenopodium oahuensis, Cynodon dactylon, Anagallis arvensis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: 176 Maui BISH 4/20/1997
70 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 9658 MPM 3/21/1931
71 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In barren rocky clay soil. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 9653 Molokai BISH 4/28/1928
72 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Manabo, R. Collector Number: s.n. Molokai BISH 5/17/1982
73 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Coastal, clay ledges. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 25048 Maui BISH 3/30/1959
74 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 5841 Oahu BISH 4/25/1976
75 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mann, h. brigham, w.t. collector number: 64 Oahu BISH
76 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s.; perlman, j. collector number: 0359 Oahu BISH 6/8/1990
77 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Panicum fauriei, Centaurium erythraea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN starr, f. starr, k. collector number: 050516-4 Molokai BISH 5/16/2005
78 Schenkia sebaeoides (A.Gray) Griseb. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing with Bidens molokaiensis, Digitaria & Chenopodium on windswept sea cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN nagata, k.m. collector number: 1855 Molokai BISH 5/27/1979
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