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Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense

This name is accepted

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

‘āhinahina [ahinahina], hinahina, mauna kea silversword

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) or a subspherical rosette shrub, 0.18–0.49(–0.49;1) m tall.

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, a rosette or spiralled. Blades linear or linear-lanceolate Apex acute. Base clasping. Margins entire.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); arcuate or linear; glabrous; ribbed/nerved; a pappus.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:261 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 254 Hawaii BISH 1851-01-01
2 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Leaf from only living plant seen Neal, M.C. 1019 Hawaii BISH 1935-08-15
3 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 58 Hawaii BISH 1978-07-19
4 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8434 Hawaii BISH 1910-06-01
5 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 35 Hawaii BISH 1989-08-05
6 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 14280 Hawaii BISH 1916-08-22
7 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 880 Hawaii BISH 1915-06-19
8 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8434 Hawaii BISH 1910-06-01
9 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mauna Kea silversword restoration crew 1521 Hawaii BISH 1994-01-01
10 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 58 Hawaii BISH 1978-07-19
11 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 56 Hawaii BISH 1978-07-19
12 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 26 Hawaii BISH 1989-08-05
13 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 880 Hawaii BISH 1915-06-19
14 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8434 Hawaii BISH 1910-06-01
15 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 45 Hawaii BISH 1989-08-05
16 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 880 Hawaii BISH 1915-06-19
17 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 103 Hawaii BISH 1989-08-05
18 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In full sun. Slopes with occasional shrub of Styphelia douglasii, few Dubautia arborea, clumps of Rubus hawaiensis and ground cover of Anthoxanthum odoratum, Hypochoeris, etc. Preserved_Specimen Clump 4 ft across, of 12 rosettes of lvs, with 5 inflorescences to 6 ft tall. Few flrs. present, most gone to seed. Flrs reddish. Davis, J. 923 Hawaii BISH 1982-09-21
19 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH 1978-07-31
20 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Baldwin, D.D. BISH 1875-01-01
21 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Baldwin, D.D. BISH 1875-01-01
22 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Powell, E. 137 Hawaii BISH 1989-08-05
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