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Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Wikstroemia

‘ākia, kauhi

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrub, 1.5 m tall, densely branching, sprawling.

Stems: Young branches densely gray to reddish brown or yellow appressed pubescent, branches slender.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades elliptic, ovate to orbicular, or obovate, up to 5 cm long and 3.8 cm wide. Apex rounded to acute. Base cuneate to rounded, sometimes acute, rarely subcordate. Upper surfaces dark to grayish green; lower surfaces lighter, sometimes glaucous; blades thick and firm.Veins glabrous, with scattered hairs, or pilose, petioles glabrous or with scattered hairs. Margins entire. Pinnately veined. Petioles 1–2.5(–4) mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in peduncles 1–6 mm long, hirsute, rachis clavate, conical to cylindrical, sometimes forked, 2–20(–50) mm long, hirsute. Flowers unisexual, on Maui sometimes bisexual (perfect), yellow, glabrous, with scattered hairs, or puberulent; pedicels 0.8–3 mm long, glabrous, with a few hairs, or pilose. Calyx tube of staminate flowers 5.5–9(–11.5) mm long, outer lobes 1.5–4.5 mm long, 1–3.8 mm wide, inner lobes 1.2–4 mm long, 1.2– 3.5 mm wide; Calyx tube of pistillate flowers 3.5–8 mm long, outer lobes 1.5–3.8 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, inner lobes 1.2–3.2mm long, 1.2–3 mm wide; Calyx tube of perfect flowers 5–9 mm long, outer lobes 1.6–4.5 mm long, 1.5–3.7 mm wide, inner lobes 1.3–4 mm long, 1.3–3.5 mm wide. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 8, the lower whorl included, the upper whorl sometimes shortly exserted. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovules solitary and pendulous.

Fruit: Fruit bright red to dark crimson; ellipsoid; 8–11 mm long; 5–10 mm in diameter. fruit drupaceous. Seeds without endosperm.

Ploidy: 2n = 18*

Habitat: Rare or scattered on dry ridges; open hillsides; ledges; windswept headlands; clay flats; <i>‘a‘ā</i> lava; coastal; and low; dry; open; alien vegetation.

Elevation Range: 3–420(–670) m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1290 (O, Mo, M); Staples & Herbst 2005:547 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Napihi Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 81 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
2 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Maui Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1810 Maui BISH 1920-03-02
3 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kahanui Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 259 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
4 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi East Maui, Nakula, near Hana Preserved_Specimen Tam, A. 22039 Maui BISH 1952-03-12
5 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kalaupapa Preserved_Specimen Burton Molokai BISH 1948-04-19
6 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Waialua Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 400 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
7 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Napihi Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 81 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
8 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Molokai Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 20114 Molokai BISH 1949-08-01
9 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi North side of Halawa Valley Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Molokai BISH 1982-05-22
10 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui Preserved_Specimen Christ, J.H. Maui BISH 1958-04-11
11 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Nuuanu East upper Preserved_Specimen Russ, G.W. Oahu BISH 1929-01-01
12 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Road to Kahuku, Makawao Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Maui BISH
13 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honolulu Preserved_Specimen U.S. Exploring Expedition Oahu BISH 1840-01-01
14 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Huelo Islet Pritchardia hillebrandii-Canthium odoratum coastal forest with Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens, Mariscus phleoides, Scaevola sericea, Eragrostis variabilis, Dianella, Charpentiera obovata, Diospyos sandwicensis, Peucedanum, Schiedea globosa, Lepidium bidentatus var. o-waihiense, Wikstroemia, Brighamia, Pittosporum. Preserved_Specimen 2m. tall densely branched tree; flowers yellow-green; occasional Wood, K.R. 3831 Molokai BISH 1994-12-09
15 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Molokai Preserved_Specimen Molokai BISH
16 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Nopili Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 81 Maui BISH 1910-06-01
17 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Napihi Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 81 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
18 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honokowai Valley Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 25038 Maui BISH 1959-03-27
19 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi unknown Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. BISH
20 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Northeast of Halawa Valley Shrubby region Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 20113 Molokai BISH 1949-08-01
21 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi W Maui, Wailuku District, Kahekii Hwy. ~2 mi N of Waihee with Cocculus ferrandianus, Sphenomeris chusana, Nephrolepis Preserved_Specimen Gustafson, R. 1097 Maui BISH 1978-07-14
22 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kahuku, Oahu Grassy forehills mauka of cane fields Preserved_Specimen From many spreading bushes ½-3 ft. high. Degener, O. 26834 Oahu BISH 1959-12-25
23 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, east of Honokowai Valley Grassy, pastured plateau. Preserved_Specimen Erect shrub up to 4 ft. high. Degener, O. 25038 Maui BISH 1959-03-27
24 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi W of Kaupo Village arid cattle range Preserved_Specimen tree 6' high Degener, O. 27516 Maui BISH 1961-07-05
25 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Punalau clay ledges and flats along coast Preserved_Specimen sprawling dense 1-2' high halophyte with fleshy leaves Degener, O. 25032 Maui BISH 1959-03-30
26 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi East Maui, W, Hanaka Ridge windswept bare pasture Preserved_Specimen 2-3' high spreading shrub Degener, O. 27510 Maui BISH 1961-07-07
27 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Waiahole Valley, Koolaupoko, Oahu Growing on eroded slopes near farms. Sunny sites with Andropogon virginicus, scrub Eugenia cumini & Vitex parviflora Preserved_Specimen Dense shrub 0.5 m ht. Nagata, K.M. 2389 Oahu BISH 1981-12-12
28 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Ili o Kukuipuka barren slopes Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19353 Maui BISH 1948-12-31
29 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Summit of hill behind Kahuku Village near BWS Kahuku Wells. Koolauloa District Co-dominant in Heteropogon, Schinus community. Preserved_Specimen Common. Low bush to 60 cm ht., erect. Nagata, K.M. 2330 Oahu BISH 1981-06-07
30 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi W Maui, W of Honokahau Valley, pineapple field #57 Disturbed roadside. With Casuarina. Preserved_Specimen Annable, C.R. 3890 Maui BISH 1999-01-14
31 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi W of Halawa Valley exposed clay ledges along coast Preserved_Specimen 1' high, diffuse shrub, not ususual bark Degener, O. 25156 Molokai BISH 1959-04-03
32 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Pohakuhonu, E.Molokai On slope just above the beach with Sida, Fimbristylis, and Pa'u-o-Hi'iaka. Preserved_Specimen Growing decumbent. Sweet scented yellow flowers. Pekelo Jr., N. 46 Molokai BISH 1974-03-17
33 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Between Koloa Gulch and Aakakii Gulch. Dry, barren, windswept ridge. Preserved_Specimen Common prostrate bushes covering the ground, ca. 1 foot tall (upright bushes to ca. 4 feet tall, but not flowering). Corolla yellow-green; anthers dark yellow; pistil yellowish. Crosby, M.R. 1738 Oahu BISH 1964-07-12
34 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi ~2 mi W of Halawa ranch, roadside roadside Preserved_Specimen succulent, ovate-leaved Gillett, G.W. 1947 Molokai BISH 1966-08-24
35 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kalamaula open hill Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 128 Molokai BISH 1927-06-23
36 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Hanaka Ridge windswept bare pasture Preserved_Specimen 2-3' high spreading shrub Degener, O. 27510 Maui BISH 1961-07-07
37 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi W of Kaupo Village arid cattle range Preserved_Specimen tree 6' high Degener, O. 27516 Maui BISH 1961-07-05
38 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kalaupapa Peninsula Rocky barrens near lighthouse Preserved_Specimen Shrub 18-24 in. high; berries soft, bright-red. Hemphill, D.V. 75 Molokai BISH 1951-02-11
39 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi W of Halawa Valley exposed clay ledges along coast Preserved_Specimen 1' high, diffuse shrub, not ususual bark Degener, O. 25156 Molokai BISH 1959-04-03
40 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi W Maui, Wailuku District, Kupaa Gulch, along Kahekili Hwy roadbanks with Psidium, Lanatana and grasses Preserved_Specimen Leaf shape varies, acute to obtuse, elliptic to obovate Nagata, K.M. 903 Maui BISH 1971-10-26
41 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi East Maui, Hana District, Auwahi side of ravine on aa lava, in dry scrub of Opuntia, Lantana, Dodonaea Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. 59 Maui BISH 1955-12-30
42 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kahuku, Oahu Grassy forehills mauka of cane fields. Preserved_Specimen From many spreading bushes ½-3 ft. high. Degener, O. 26834 Oahu BISH 1959-12-25
43 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Puu Ka Pele, Palaau Dry, rocky pasture Preserved_Specimen tuft, 2 dm tall, fl. greenish yellow St.John, H. 23494 Molokai BISH 1948-12-24
44 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi NE of Halawa Valley dryish cattle range Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 20114 Molokai BISH 1949-08-01
45 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Maunaoluolu, Kaluaaha dry thicket Preserved_Specimen 1 m shrub, leaves coriaceous, whitish beneath, flowers greenish St.John, H. 19852 Molokai BISH 1938-12-28
46 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi NE of Halawa Valley shrubby Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 20113 Molokai BISH 1949-08-01
47 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Napili along highway among exotic weeds Preserved_Specimen Gupta, S. 303 Maui BISH 1967-06-17
48 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Hana District; between Kalahu Pt. and Ke'akulikuli Pt. along coastal cliffs on old foot-trail Generally pahoehoe lavas but interrupted by areas of a'a lava Preserved_Specimen Low, spreading shrub of two ft; flowers yellow-green, stamens bright yellow, with Scaevola sericea Flynn, T.W. 2408 Maui BISH 1987-10-09
49 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi On forehills SW of Kahuku Common. With Osteomeles the only native survivor in jungle of shrubby exotics. Preserved_Specimen 10-17 dm high trees branching at 2 dm; greenish-yellow fls. nectariferous & narcissus fragrant at night. Male flowers. Degener, O. 27801 Oahu BISH 1961-10-28
50 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kahakulua slope Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Maui BISH 1924-10-13
51 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Puu Uao, Kauhako Crater, overlooking Kalaupapa On crater edge, in fractured basalt. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Molokai BISH 1957-06-07
52 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Halawa Valley North side of valley. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Molokai BISH 1982-05-22
53 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Northeast of Halawa Valley Dryish cattle range Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 20114 Molokai BISH 1949-08-01
54 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi East Maui, Hana District, between Kalahu Point and Keakulikuli Point, along coastal cliffs on old foottrail pahoehoe lava, interrupted by areas of aa lava, with Scaevola sericea Preserved_Specimen low, spreading shrub of 2'. Flowers yellow-green, stamens bright yellow Flynn, T.W. 2408 Maui BISH 1987-10-09
55 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi 2 miles west of Halawa Ranch Along roadside Preserved_Specimen Succulent, ovate-leaved species. Gillett, G.W. 1947 Molokai BISH 1966-08-24
56 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, near Kahana Camp arid clay coast Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 25220 Maui BISH 1959-06-09
57 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kalaupapa on lava Preserved_Specimen Tongg, R. Molokai BISH 1935-09-03
58 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kahuku, Oahu Grassy forehills mauka of cane fields Preserved_Specimen From many spreading bushes ½-3 ft. high. Degener, O. 26834 Oahu BISH 1959-12-25
59 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Between Waihee and Kahakuloa arid Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 10386 Maui BISH 1927-07-02
60 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Waihee Preserved_Specimen Wawra, H. 1961 Maui BISH
61 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kaualio St., Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen Low cultivated shrub. Leaves more or less acute. Branchlets pubescent. Inflorescence more or less 10 flowered. Corolla tube 10-12 mm, lobes to 3 mm. Nagata, K.M. 955 Oahu BISH 1972-03-27
62 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kahanui Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 259 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
63 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Maunaoluolu, Kaluaaha Preserved_Specimen shrub 1 m tall, branches erect or decumbent, forming patch 5 m diam., leaves coriaiecus, pale green above, glaucous green below, berries red, 6-8 mm diam. St.John, H. 19835 Molokai BISH 1938-12-28
64 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honolulu, Bishop Museum Campus, native Hawaiian garden. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub; flowers yellow; fruit red-orange Kennedy, B. 20177 Oahu BISH 2017-11-09
65 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Waialae-Kahala beach Preserved_Specimen Growing as an ornamental plant in a house. A ½m. high crawling shrub. Gupta, S. 124 Oahu BISH 1966-03-01
66 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kalaupapa; coast, E of lighthouse Preserved_Specimen densely branching shrub, prostrate or sprawling Wysong, M.L. 458 Molokai BISH 2004-11-18
67 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Bishop Museum, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Growing as a ornamental plant, a creeping shrub about ½ meter high. Gupta, S. 138 Oahu BISH 1966-09-20
68 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Bishop Museum Preserved_Specimen a sprawling shrub 1 m tall in full sun. The corolla is greenish yellow in color. The flower is not fragrant (noon). Lau, J. 1289 Oahu BISH 1985-08-02
69 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi West Maui, Honokowai Valley grassy pastured plateau Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 25038 Maui BISH 1959-03-27
70 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honolulu, Ala Moana Park, Oriental Garden Preserved_Specimen Woody shrub, tending to sprawl, 6±in, high, Calyx (no corolla) greenish-yel.,1/3+ in.long, 4-lobed, imbricate, 8 stamens in 2 rows. Fr. orange to red, berry-like. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1952-06-18
71 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Paikau St. Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen Low shrub, cultivated and trimmed. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves variable, acute to obovate. Inflorescence 10-20 flowered. Fruits red. Nagata, K.M. 953 Oahu BISH 1972-03-27
72 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Maui Zoological & Botanical Gardens Grows naturally from Waihee to Kahakuloa on beaches and along the highway. Preserved_Specimen Davis, J. 48 Maui BISH 1978-07-03
73 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Kalaupapa; airport, 100 m W of start of runway Preserved_Specimen densely branching shrub Wysong, M.L. 595 Molokai BISH 2005-01-27
74 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Bishop Museum, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Growing as an ornamental plant. Gupta, S. 130 Oahu BISH 1966-08-01
75 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Waihee Preserved_Specimen Wawra, H. 1812 Maui BISH 1869-01-01
76 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Bishop Museum Preserved_Specimen A sprawling shrub 1 m tall in full sun. The corolla is greenish yellow in color. The flower is not fragrant (noon). Lau, J. 1289 Oahu BISH 1985-08-02
77 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Manoa Valley: University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, St. John Courtyard Preserved_Specimen Bennett, T. 68 Oahu BISH 1982-01-30
78 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honolulu, Ala Moana Park, Oriental Garden Preserved_Specimen Fls. Yellow (8 stamens in 2 rows, ovule pendent); fr. yellow-orange. Kuck, L. Oahu BISH 1953-03-26
79 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honolulu, Ala Moana Park Preserved_Specimen Fr. only. Fr. 11± mm. diam., scarlet with scarlet, juicy, sweetish flesh; 1 seed, attached to apex of fruit. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1953-01-06
80 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honolulu, Kapiolani Park Preserved_Specimen Cultivated Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1955-01-01
81 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi East Maui, Nakula, near Hana Preserved_Specimen Tam, A. 22039 Maui BISH 1952-03-12
82 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Honolulu, Ala Moana Park, Oriental Garden Preserved_Specimen Low shrub, bark tough, fls.greenish-yellow, Fr. bright-red. Kuck, L. Oahu BISH 1953-09-03
83 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Waihee Preserved_Specimen Wawra, H. 1961 Maui BISH 1869-01-01
84 Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi Waialua Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 400 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
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