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Tetramolopium arenarium subsp. arenarium

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) shrub, 0.8–1.3 m tall.

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades lanceolate, oblanceolate, or oblong Apex acute. Margins entire.

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

Lana'i Not in flora
Kaho'olawe Not in flora
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:363 (EM, H [as var. arenarium], H [as var. confertum]); Wagner, Herbst & Lorence 2005– (Syn. T. a. var. confertum = T. a. subsp. arenarium; accessed Oct 2022); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs./Wilkes s.n. US 57315 (M†, 1905)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Tetramolopium arenarium subsp. arenarium East Maui, Kula Preserved_Specimen Maui BISH
2 Tetramolopium arenarium subsp. arenarium Hualalai Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 517 Hawaii BISH 1864-01-01
3 Tetramolopium arenarium subsp. arenarium Hualalai Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 519 Hawaii BISH 1864-01-01
4 Tetramolopium arenarium subsp. arenarium Nohoananohae, Waimea Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Hawaii BISH 1872-12-01
5 Tetramolopium arenarium subsp. arenarium Pohakuloa Training Area, on Bobcat Trail 0.6 miles S of the Kona Highway On gently sloping old pahoehoe lava; associated with Dubautia linearis spp. hillebrandii. Preserved_Specimen Erect, perennial shrub, to 8.0-1.3 decimeters tall. Ray flowers white; disc flowers maroon; pappus white; heads 5-11, congested. Foliage uniformly hispid or pilose, margins entire or shallowly dentate; minutely glandular, strigose or hirsute when young. Douglas, P. Hawaii BISH 1990-01-01
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