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Argyroxiphium caliginis

C.N.Forbes (1920)

This name is accepted

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

‘āhinahina, ‘eke silversword

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) or subspherical rosette shrub, (0.1–)0.15–0.45 m tall.

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 entire.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); brown; pale brown; tan; or straw-colored; arcuate; linear; surface glabrous; ribbed/nerved with a pappus.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 7: 38 (1920)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:259 (WM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Argyroxiphium caliginis Mt. Eke Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 391 Maui BISH 1917-09-25
2 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Puu Kukui Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. Maui BISH 1928-12-01
3 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Mt. Eke summit Preserved_Specimen Stearns, H. 10796 Maui BISH 1936-02-01
4 Argyroxiphium caliginis Mt. Eke Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 391 Maui BISH 1917-09-25
5 Argyroxiphium caliginis Maui Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Maui BISH
6 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Lowest bog W of Puu Kukui summit Wind-swept bog; sunken even with mossy bog surface. Preserved_Specimen Old leaves persisting & slimy; not fl. & fr. season Degener, O. 25077 Maui BISH 1959-03-25
7 Argyroxiphium caliginis Maui Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Maui BISH
8 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Mt. Eke summit Very common in shrubless clay bog but found nowhere else. Preserved_Specimen Creeping & branching & dying in back to isolate into many plantlets. Of thousands seen only one showed remains of inflorescence. Degener, O. 2557 Maui BISH 1927-08-30
9 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, N summit of Mt. Eke rim only Rare, in shrubless clay bog Preserved_Specimen Creeping & branching and dying in back to isolate into many new plantlets. Degener, O. 3526 Maui BISH 1927-08-20
10 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Mt. Eke summit only Shrubless clay bog Preserved_Specimen Creeping & branching and dying in back to isolate into many plantlets. Of thousands there, only one showed remains of inflorescence. Degener, O. 2557 Maui BISH 1927-08-01
11 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Mount Eke swamp Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 16021 Maui BISH 1918-09-05
12 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, summit of Mt. Eke only Shrubless clay bog Preserved_Specimen Creeping & branching and dying in back to isolate into many new plantlets. Of thousands seen only one showed remains of inflorescence. Degener, O. 2557 Maui BISH 1927-08-30
13 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Mt. Eke summit Very common in shrubless clay bog but found nowhere else. Preserved_Specimen Creeping & branching & dying in back to isolate into many plantlets. Of thousands seen only one showed remains of inflorescence. Degener, O. 2557 Maui BISH 1927-08-30
14 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Mt. Eke summit only Shrubless clay bog Preserved_Specimen Creeping & branching, and dying in back to isolate into many plantlets. Of 1000s seen, only one showed remains of inflorescence Degener, O. 2557 Maui BISH 1927-08-30
15 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Lahaina District, Honolua Along Puu Kukui Trail, a short distance S of Violet Lake In open, quaking bog Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6632 Maui BISH 1980-12-11
16 Argyroxiphium caliginis Mt. Eke Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 391 Maui BISH 1917-09-25
17 Argyroxiphium caliginis Lahaina District, West Maui Forest Reserve Violet Lake, 1 mile NNW of Puu Kukui Bog Preserved_Specimen Lammers, T.G. 5675 Maui BISH 1984-07-14
18 Argyroxiphium caliginis W Maui, Mt. Eke summit Very common in shrubless clay bog but found nowhere else. Preserved_Specimen Creeping & branching & dying in back to isolate into many plantlets. Of thousands seen only one showed remains of inflorescence. Degener, O. 2557 Maui BISH 1927-08-30
19 Argyroxiphium caliginis Mt. Eke Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 391 Maui BISH 1917-09-25
20 Argyroxiphium caliginis Mt. Eke Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 391 Maui BISH 1917-09-25
21 Argyroxiphium caliginis Mauna Eke, W Maui Preserved_Specimen Cox Jr. 10321 Maui BISH 1912-08-01
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