Bidens valida

Sherff (1920)

This name is accepted

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

ko‘oko‘olau [kookoolau], ko‘olau [koolau]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, suffrutescent perennial herbs 0.7-1.5 m tall,

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves pinnately compound. Opposite. Blades lanceolate or ovate Margins serrate/dentate.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela);

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 70: 102 (1920)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:282 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Thicket near Divide Preserved_Specimen 10 ft. shrub, the lateral flower branches 4 ft. long St.John, H. 13479 Kauai BISH 1933-12-22
2 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet forest dominated by Metrosideros, Antidesma, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Perrottetia, Diplazium & Sphenomeris; invaded by Psidium, Melastoma & Rubus Preserved_Specimen Shrub to 3 ft. Flowering on lateral branches; flowers erect; ray florets 10, bright yellow; disc florets orange, five lobed; leaves glossy medium green above, paler below Flynn, T.W. 4413 Kauai BISH 1991-02-07
3 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros wet cliff With Lysimachia iniki, Lysimachia pendens, Machaerina angustifolia, Kahua elatior, Kadua centranthoides, Bidens forbesii, Pipturus, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Diplazium sandwichianum, Plantago princeps Preserved_Specimen Shrubs 1 ft ht with flowers and fruit. Yellow flowers Perlman, S. 24159 Kauai BISH 2014-09-30
4 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros lowland wet forest and shrubland surrounded by about 1000 meter cliffs with Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Antidesma platyphyllum var. hillebrandii, Pipturus albidus, Urera glabra, Kadua centranthoides, Touchardia latifolia, Dianella sandwicensis, Polyscias oahuensis, Preserved_Specimen Shrub, up to 1 meter tall, portions purple-tinged, early flower, occasional. Wood, K.R. 17262 Kauai BISH 2017-02-21
5 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details montane bogs w/ mixed sedges and grasses including Rhynchospora chinensis spiciformis, R. rugosa lavarum, Dichanthelium, Deschampsia, Macherina, herbs of Plantago pachyphylla, Viola, shrubs of Metrosideros, Dubautia waialealae, D. imbricata acronaea, D. laxa hirsuta, Cheirodendron dominii, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, bogs dissected w/ riparian veg of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest Preserved_Specimen scandent shrub, decumbent at base, creeping in ferns, corolla pendent, with qualities of B. cosmoides & B. vallida, south of raingage, rare Wood, K.R. 11692 Kauai BISH 2005-12-31
6 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2835 Kauai BISH 1972-10-18
7 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros lowland wet forest and shrubland surrounded by ca. 1000 m cliffs w/ Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Antidesma platyphyllum var. hillebrandii, Pipturus albidus, P. ruber, Urera glabra, Kadua centranthoides, Touchardia latifolia, Dianella sandwicensis, Polyscias o Preserved_Specimen Herb or small shrub, 50 cm tall, branched, in flower and early fruit, terrestrial or on basalt cliffs, occasional in area, w/ narrower involucral bracts and smaller ray florets than the describe B. valida, perhaps representing a distinct subsp of B. valida habitating very wet habitats along the widward and northern v. Wood, K.R. 18627 Kauai BISH 2021-01-28
8 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stem 2 m tall, 6 cm. diameter, square, fl. yellow St.John, H. 26040 Kauai BISH 1956-12-31
9 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub about 3 ft. tall with candelabra branching. Flowers large, yellow, stiffly erect even in wind Herbst, D.R. 2229 Kauai BISH 1971-11-03
10 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 20 Kauai BISH 2008-01-14
11 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1130 Kauai BISH 1985-06-25
12 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 27 Kauai BISH 1909-07-09
13 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2866 Kauai BISH 1973-01-21
14 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2835 Kauai BISH 1972-10-18
15 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2836 Kauai BISH 1972-10-18
16 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH
17 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details mixed lowland wet forest; Perrottetia sandwicensis, Antidesma platyphyllum, Syzygium sandwicensis, Cheirodendron, Dubautia knudsenii, Psychotria mariniana, Psychotria hexandra, Hedyotis terminalis, Coprosma waimeae Preserved_Specimen shrub, compact, many branched; stems green or yellow green Wood, K.R. 10930 Kauai BISH 2004-09-08
18 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing w/ Delissea, abundant throughout area. Lowland mixed mesic forest w/ native cliffs. Assoc. w/ Artemisia, Sida fallax, Hedyotis acuminata, Carex wahuensis, Eragrostis variabilis, Hibiscus kokio, Lobelia niihauensis, Machaerina, Pipturus, Lepidium bidentatum, Mariscus. Preserved_Specimen 1 m ht sub-shrub, in flower, corolla yellow. Wood, K.R. 1665 Kauai BISH 1992-02-27
19 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 90% open shrubland/fernland with a 10% sparse tree cover. W/ Metrosideros polymorpha, Xylosma hawaiiense, Ilex anomala, Hibiscus kokio, Kadua affinis, Tetraplasandra bisattenuata, Bidens valida, Kadua fluviatilis, Melicope feddei, Macherina angustifolia Preserved_Specimen shrubs 1-2 m tall, with flower and early mature achenes, common Wood, K.R. 13716 Kauai BISH 2009-05-05
20 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On windward slopes Preserved_Specimen Large shrubs 4-5 ft. tall with trunk-like stem 3 diameter; large yellow flowers 1.5 across. Stone, B.C. 1640 Kauai BISH 1956-12-31
21 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing up through uluhe fern cover Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 34 Kauai BISH 1968-11-21
22 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details northern cliffs and slopes, 90% open shrub/fernland, 10% sparse tree cover; Metrosideros polymorpha, Xylosma hawaiiense, Ilex anomala, Hedyotis terminalis, Tetraplasandra bisattenuata, Bidens valida, Hedyotis fluviatilis, Melicope feddei, Machaerina angustifolia, Dicranopteris linearis, Diplopterygium pinnatum Preserved_Specimen 1 m shrub; terminal and lateral inflorescence Wood, K.R. 11448 Kauai BISH 2005-08-07
23 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing up through uluhe fern cover Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 33 Kauai BISH 1968-11-21
24 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rainforest with heavy bryophyte growth on trees. Preserved_Specimen Subshrub Herbst, D.R. 2480 Kauai BISH 1972-06-22
25 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep slope Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5220 Kauai BISH 1983-12-22
26 Bidens valida Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Low saddle along ridge in full sun, quite windy. Area dominated by Cordyline with Psidium & Metrosideros Preserved_Specimen Plants robust, to 6 ft. Flower heads not pendant; ray flowers bright yellow, disc flowers orange-yellow. Flynn, T.W. 2941 Kauai BISH 1988-04-21