Bidens sandvicensis

Less. (1831)

This name is accepted

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

ko‘oko‘olau [kookoolau], ko‘olau [koolau]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, somewhat suffrutescent perennial herbs 0.5-1 m tall.

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Leaves: Leaves bipinnately compound or pinnately compound. Opposite. Blades lanceolate, linear, or ovate Margins serrate/dentate.

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Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela);

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Linnaea 6: 508 (1831)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Bidens sandvicensis Kohua Ridge north facing slopes above Awini Stream Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest with Alphitonia pondersoa, Antidesma platyphylla, Euphorbia atrococca, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Myrsine lanaiensis, Nestegis sandwicensis, Dracaena aurea, Polyscias kavaiensis, Planch Preserved_Specimen sub-shrub, 1.5 m tall, occasional along ridge with B. cosmoides Wood, K.R. 14951 Kauai BISH 2012-04-27
2 Bidens sandvicensis Waimea District. Kawaiiki Ridge, just off trail Diverse Mesic Forest. Acacia koa w/ Metrosideros with Zanthoxylum, Dodonea, Dubautia, Kadua affinis, Syzygium, or ridges. Open upper hillside w/ Dicranopteris patches, open large Dianella patch w/ Cyperus and grasses. Preserved_Specimen Flowers yellow rays. Achenes straight or w/ slight gentle twist, black. Flowers on lateral branches. Tangalin, N. 3116 Kauai BISH 2012-04-13
3 Bidens sandvicensis Kauai County Waimea District Unnamed Ridge below Kokee Hunter Check Station, Lower Waimea Canyon, Puu Ka Pele Forest Reserve Dry North-facing Cliff Leucaena leucocephaia, Grevilllea robusta, Mesosphaerum pectinatum, Lantana camara, Melinis repens, Dodonaea viscosa, Pluchea carolinensis, Doryopteris Preserved_Specimen This was the largest of half a dozen plants within easy reach of my picking pole, just off to the side of Polyscias lallanii on a sheer North facing rocky cliff face. Bright yellow flowers held at ends of branches covered in thin, fern-like foliage. Plants are occasional across what we could see of the cliffs in this a. Williams, A. 947 Kauai BISH 2025-03-10
4 Bidens sandvicensis W Maui, Lahaina District, Lihau Lowland Dry Shrubland at 1550 ft on a west facing slope with Dodonaea, Sida, Osteomeles, Myoporum, Gouania hillebrandii, Eragrostis, Heteropogon, Lipochaeta lavarum and L. lobata Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 1595 Maui BISH 1992-11-28
5 Bidens sandvicensis Kuia NAR Acacia koa, Diospyros sandwicensis, D. hillebrandi, Metrosideros polymorpha, Aleurites moluccana, Tetraplasandra waimeae, Kokia kauaiensis, Hedyotis terminalis, H. knudsenii, Euphorbia haeleeleana, Nestegis sandwicensis, Pipturus albidus, P. kauaiensis, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Antidesma platyphylla, Nesoluma polynesica, Pouteria sandwicensis Preserved_Specimen shrub, scandent Wood, K.R. 6265 Kauai BISH 1997-05-10
6 Bidens sandvicensis Kalalau Valley, N side, E of Keanapuka Falls mesic forest dissected by cliffy terrain dominated by 50-80% cover of dwarf shrubs and grasses; Eragrostis variabilis, Chamaesyce celastroides, Artemisia australis, Bidens sandvicensis, Metrosideros, occasional Pipturus, Boehmeria, Neraudia kauaiensis, Panicum lineale, Lysimachia kalalauensis, Nototrichium divaricatum Preserved_Specimen 1 m shrub; stems brown or yellow brown, young stems green, flowering on lateral branches Wood, K.R. 12498 Kauai BISH 2007-08-09
7 Bidens sandvicensis Lihue District, Mt. Haupu, East along ridge from Waterhouse Monument and road to Kipu Kai. Along main ridge. Disturbed lowland windward Forest W/ Psydrax, Alyxia, Psidium cattleianum, Elephantopus mollis, Dianella lavarum, Spathoglottis plicata, Stachytarpheta, Schinus, Sida fallax, Syzygium cumini, Nephrolepis, Phmatosorus, Pluchea, Cycloso Preserved_Specimen 3.5 ft tall, common. Achenes straight with barbs along sides and two barbs at apex. Flowers yellow. Leaves light green. Tangalin, N. 4519 Kauai BISH 2016-01-20
8 Bidens sandvicensis Lihue District. Haupu Range, western end, Omoe region Secondary invasive vegetation with slopes of native Dicranopteris, Pandanus, Metrosideros w/Psidium guajava, Aleurites moluccana, Elephantopus mollis, Zingiber zerumbet, Clidemia hirta, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Paederia foetida, Pan\icum maximum Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1-2 m tall, in flower, early fruit occasional Wood, K.R. 16040 Kauai BISH 2014-08-14