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Wilkesia gymnoxiphium

A.Gray (1852)

This name is accepted

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

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, unbranched or occasionally sparsely branched, monocarpic or polycarpic rosette shrubs 1–5 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled. Blades linear Apex acute. Base sheathing. Margins ciliate or entire.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry achene (cypsela); black or gray in color; linear; surface with ascending silky hairs (sericeous); with a pappus.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring on dry ridges or in open sites in dry to mesic forest; ca. 425–1;100 m

Elevation Range: 425–1100 m

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 2: 160 (1852)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:375 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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