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Wilkesia hobdyi

H.St.John (1971)

This name is accepted

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

dwarf iliau

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) or prostrate or decumbent shrub, 0.1–0.7 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

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

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry achene (cypsela); color black or gray; linear with a pappus.

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: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 24(8): 128 (1971)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:376 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 1150 Kauai BISH 1980-12-17
2 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 155 Kauai BISH 1969-09-10
3 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 1150 Kauai BISH 1980-12-17
4 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 155 Kauai BISH 1969-09-10
5 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On narrow ledges and in soil pockets, north facing cliff faces at end of Polihale Ridge. Arid. Preserved_Specimen Small plant, about 2 to 3 ft tall, branching from its base. Herbst, D.R. 2850 Kauai BISH 1972-12-13
6 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details North facing slope of Hawleele Ridge; Mixed Native Shrub, Coastal Dry Cliff; Associated Plants: Artemisia, Lipochaeta connata var. acris, Sida fallax, Dodonaea, Canthium, Bidens, Myoporum, Wilkesia hobdyi, Schiedea apokremnos, Peperomia, Nototrichium sandwicense. Preserved_Specimen 1 m tall shrub; 70 more or less plants in area; in fruit; growing with Schiedea apokremnos Wood, K.R. 1947 Kauai BISH 1992-06-03
7 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Isolated patch down cliff at headland. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 51 Kauai BISH 1968-12-16
8 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In rock crevices on steep, dry slope dominated by exotic grasses. Preserved_Specimen Shrub, branched from near the base, individual branches monocarpic. Flowers ochroleucous. Fay, J.J. 234 Kauai BISH 1974-10-31
9 Wilkesia hobdyi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Several plants, multiple stemmed, all less than 2 ft. tall, isolated from the common sized iliau. Hobdy, R.W. 52 Kauai BISH 1968-12-16
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