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Astelia argyrocoma

A.Heller ex Skottsb. (1934)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asteliaceae Genus: Astelia

pa‘iniu [painiu]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Epiphytic, rhizomatous perennial herbs.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. 3-ranked. Blades ensiform (25–)40–100 cm long, 0.4–1.1 cm wide. Surfaces with scales, those of the upper surfaces coherent, peeling off in small skin-like pieces, those of the lower surfaces closely appressed, woolly pubescent beneath scales, densely shaggy pubescent toward base; silvery green on upper surface; lower surfaces silver. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sheathing. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in scapes up to 50 cm long, shaggy pubescent; staminate flowers in racemes 6–10 cm long, pedicels 4–6 mm long, bracts 4.5–7 mm long; pistillate flowers in racemes 2–7 cm long, pedicels 2.5–5 mm long, bracts 3–5 mm long. Flowers unisexual (and the plants dioecious). Tepals green or sometimes reddish brown, pubescent toward base; tepals of staminate flowers: 4.2–5 mm long (outer), 4–4.5 mm long (inner); tepals of pistillate flowers 3–4 mm long (outer), 2.4–4 mm long (inner). Stamens 6; staminate flowers: anthers 0.6–0.7 mm long; filaments 1.3–2 mm long; pistillate flowers: anthers not fertile, 0.2–0.6 mm long; filaments 0.4–1 mm long. Ovary superior (pistillate flowers), 2.5–4 mm long; style ca. 1 mm long. Staminate flowers with a pistillode 2–3 mm long.

Fruit: Berries orange to yellowish orange; 4–6.5 mm long; 3–4 mm in diameter. Seeds 8–14; black; fusiform; 2–3 mm long.

Ploidy: 2n = ca. 68*; ca. 70*

Habitat: Epiphytic or sometimes on wet rotting logs in diverse mesic forest and wet forest.

Elevation Range: 600–1,280 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 117: 31 (1934)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1460 (K); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:158 (O); Gillett 1769 US (O†, 1965)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1522 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
2 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 280 Kauai BISH 1909-08-01
3 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 907 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
4 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 849 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
5 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet, forested area Preserved_Specimen Herb, growing on dead,d fallen tree trunk. foliage silvery-green above, silver below. Fruit yellow-orange when mature, seeds black. Herbst, D.R. 1048 Kauai BISH 1968-04-12
6 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 2855 Kauai BISH 1938-08-13
7 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 15161523 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
8 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 340 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
9 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2752 Kauai BISH 1895-09-10
10 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2752 Kauai BISH 1895-09-10
11 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 340 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
12 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 340 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
13 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2752 Kauai BISH 1895-09-10
14 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 340 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
15 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 2855 Kauai BISH 1938-08-16
16 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Kauai BISH 1925-03-01
17 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Kauai BISH 1925-03-01
18 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Kauai BISH 1926-07-01
19 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 2334 Kauai BISH 1926-06-26
20 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. 500 Kauai BISH 1987-06-17
21 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 1515 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
22 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 15161523 Kauai BISH 1909-02-14
23 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 849 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
24 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3352 Kauai BISH 1960-04-12
25 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
26 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Landgraf, L. Kauai BISH 1986-03-15
27 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details headwater drainage, wet, wind swept ridge; Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Machaerina angustifolia, Gahnia beecheyi, Cheirodendron platyphylla, Psychotria mariniana, Dubautia laxa, Broussaisia, Sphenomeris chinensis, Sadleria pallida Preserved_Specimen mostly epiphytic, occasionally terrestrial, females clustering together Wood, K.R. 12810 Kauai BISH 2008-02-21
28 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet, forested area Preserved_Specimen Herb, growing on dead,d fallen tree trunk. foliage silvery-green above, silver below. Fruit yellow-orange when mature, seeds black. Herbst, D.R. 1048 Kauai BISH 1968-04-12
29 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on tree trunk Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 614 Kauai BISH 1927-02-08
30 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On trees in swampy woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10768 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
31 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphyte on Metrosideros trunk Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. 439 Kauai BISH 1957-01-01
32 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common in wooded areas, growing low on tree trunks. Preserved_Specimen Fruiting calyx purple, young fruits green, older ones orange; leaves three ranked about fleshy, creeping stem. Crosby, M.R. 1458 Kauai BISH 1964-06-19
33 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 20585 Kauai BISH 1950-01-31
34 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Swamp Preserved_Specimen terr.+epiphytic Stone, B.C. 1516 Kauai BISH 1956-12-27
35 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On tree trunks Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 801 Kauai BISH 1927-02-17
36 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On mossy Metorsideros log. Metrosideros-Dicranopteris-Cheirodendron Wet Forest W/Carex, Pittosporum gayanum, Stegonye, Melicope clusifolia, Vaccinium calycinum, Cibotum, Viola kauaensis var. kauaensis, Coprosam elliptica, Cheirodendron, Dicranopteris, Drosera anglica, Lycopodium Preserved_Specimen Fruit orange and younger yellow. Flower w/ yellow pollen and swollen ovary. Leaf dark green above w/ white hairs below. Red-brown papery bracts at leaf base. Leaves pleated 3X. Tangalin, N. 2627 Kauai BISH 2012-07-20
37 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On tree trunk Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 642 Kauai BISH 1927-02-11
38 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet, forested area Preserved_Specimen Herb, growing on dead,d fallen tree trunk. foliage silvery-green above, silver below. Fruit yellow-orange when mature, seeds black. Herbst, D.R. 1048 Kauai BISH 1968-04-12
39 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on dead rotting tree trunks and branches in wet woods. Preserved_Specimen Fruiting . Growing with Pelea, spp. cheirodendronhau-aiense, Metrosideros, Psychatua hekandra, etc. An herb 18 inches stall Pearsall, G.A. 411 Kauai BISH 1959-07-09
40 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros mixed montane wet forest with some steep slopes dominated by matting ferns of dicranopteris, diplopterygium, or sticherus w/ polyscias waialealae, Syzygium sandwicensis, Cheirdendron spp, Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum Pyrularium, Psychotia mariniana, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Labordia degeneri, Melicope clusii folia,, M.a Preserved_Specimen Perennail herb, Epiphytic, long woody rhizomes, with fruit, orange, common. Wood, K.R. 16493 Kauai BISH 2015-06-17
41 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mossy dead log, wet forest Preserved_Specimen Flowers brownish red St.John, H. 13545 Kauai BISH 1933-12-24
42 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on wet rotting logs and tree trunks in open woods. Staghorn fern is taking over this area with Santalum pyrularium, Pelea spp, Cheirodendron spp, Scaevola procera, Blackberry, etc. Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. 412 Kauai BISH 1959-07-10
43 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On tree trunk Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 694 Kauai BISH 1927-02-14
44 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Awaawapuhi, north facing slopes, SE of Kainamanu. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron_Dicranopteris montane wet, summer mesic forest w/ Alphitonia, Planchonella, Claoxylon sandwicense, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Antidesma, Bobea brevipes, Myrsine Lanaiensis, Dodonaea, Wikstroemia furcata, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Kadua affinis, Melicop Preserved_Specimen Herb, epiphytic on fallen tree w/ creeping rhizome, leaves silvery green, with orange fruits, common, seed coll. Acc# 20180424 Wood, K.R. 17855 Kauai BISH 2018-06-19
45 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10769 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
46 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros mixed transitional mesic-wet forest. Vegetation associates: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron sp., Psidium cattleianum, Psychotria sp., Pleomele sp., Dodonaea viscosa, Coprosma waimeae, Nestegis sandwicensis. Preserved_Specimen Plant epiphytic ca. 2.0 m up on Metrosideros polymorpha tree. Birch, J.L. 137 Kauai BISH 2007-06-12
47 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphyte on dead trees, on slopes above swamp Preserved_Specimen Bright orange fruit. With Cynea gayana, Dubautia, Acacia Koa, Metrsideros Gillett, G.W. 1539 Kauai BISH 1964-04-10
48 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Stunted forest dominated by Metrosideros and Dicranopteris on boggy substrate. Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic on Syzygium with Elaphoglossum and Vaccinium. Tepals brick red, ovary bright green. Flynn, T.W. 2063 Kauai BISH 1987-02-27
49 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros open mesic forest with adjacent transitional wet forest and slopes of Dicraopteris with Kadua affinis, Cheirodendron fauriei, Ilex, Syzygium sandwicensis, Myrsine linearifolia, Scaevola procera, Xylosma hawaiiense, Cyrtandra paludosa, Lysimachia sp., Santalum pyrularium, Dubautia laevi Preserved_Specimen Herb with woody rhizome, plants clustered, epiphytic on Metrosideros, mature fruit orange, calyx tinged purple, occasional Wood, K.R. 18689 Kauai BISH 2021-05-10
50 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10860 Kauai BISH 1930-12-29
51 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details low altitude bog with Dicranopteris, Oreobolus, and dwarf shrubs including Metrosideros, Pelea, and Chamaesyce Preserved_Specimen Perennial herb epiphytic on mossy trunk, forming dense clone. Ripe fruit orange. Lorence, D.H. 5171 Kauai BISH 1987-06-10
52 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On Metrosideros. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron mixed wet forest w. Psychotria mariniana, Kadua affinis, Melicope clusiifolia, M. waialealae, Vaccinium calycinum, Coprosma kauaense, Dubautia laxa, D. paleata, D. imbricata acronaea, Machaerina angustifolia, Sadleria Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic, tepals purple-red Wood, K.R. 14854 Kauai BISH 2012-01-12
53 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In crotch of tree. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with Dicranopteris-Diplopterygium-Sticherus matting ferns w/ Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Vaccinium calycinum, Broussaisia arguta, Kadua affinis, Peperomia hesperomannii, Gahnia vitiensis kauaiensis, G. beecheyi, Coprosma waimeae, Melicope clusiifolia, M. kaua [truncated label] Preserved_Specimen Herb, epiphytic, rhizome woody, creeping, in flower, petals yellow green, extreme narrow leaves Wood, K.R. 19471 Kauai BISH 2024-03-20
54 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphyte on fallen logs, rhizomes creeping through mated bryophytes Preserved_Specimen Fay, J.J. 159 Kauai BISH 1974-01-04
55 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Alakai Swamp Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 155 Kauai BISH 1983-01-10
56 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On fallen log Preserved_Specimen Perianth red brown St.John, H. 26003 Kauai BISH 1956-12-29
57 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In forest Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic Degener, O. 20577 Kauai BISH 1950-01-31
58 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On tree trunk in forest Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Kauai BISH 1936-08-17
59 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10769 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
60 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Native cloud forest. Growing on long in open area with Metrosideros polymorpha, Vaccinium, Machaerina spp., Smilax, Psychotria sp., as well as Andropogan virginicus and Clidemia hirta. Preserved_Specimen Herb 40 cm tall. Wooly hairs along fl stalk. Lvs with silvery appearance. Frt bright orange. Trauernicht, C. 495 Kauai BISH 2008-05-28
61 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mesic forest; avg. tree height 50-60 ft. Preserved_Specimen Reddish purple fls. Stone, B.C. 1606 Kauai BISH 1956-12-29
62 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Alakai Swamp Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 154 Kauai BISH 1983-01-10
63 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mesic forest; avg. tree height 50-60 ft. Preserved_Specimen Green fls., female + male both fertile Stone, B.C. 1605 Kauai BISH 1956-12-29
64 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet Forest Preserved_Specimen Metrosideros polymorpha. Fls. white. Lammers, T.G. 5361 Kauai BISH 1983-08-30
65 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Bog Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. 395 Kauai BISH 1956-12-28
66 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rather dry grassy ridge with Dodonaea, Bidens, Diospyros.` Preserved_Specimen Ozaki, E.T. 1562 Oahu BISH 1956-04-15
67 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphytic on mossy tree trunk Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 22896 Kauai BISH 1947-12-21
68 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphyte in wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Fruit orange. Herbst, D.R. 2390 Kauai BISH 1972-04-25
69 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On fallen log with #26003 Preserved_Specimen Perianth green St.John, H. 26004 Kauai BISH 1956-12-29
70 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest along Alakai swamp trail Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 200 Kauai BISH 1982-01-01
71 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On dead, fallen tree trunk in shaded, wet area Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1002 Kauai BISH 1968-03-30
72 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Swampy woods Preserved_Specimen Astelia waialeale Waura on trees in swampy woods St.John, H. 10768 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
73 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Montane bogs w/mixed sedges and grasses including Rhynchospora chinesis spiciformis, R. rugosa lavarum, Dichanthelium, Deschampsia, Machaerina, herbs of Plantago pachyphylla, Viola, shrubs of Metrosideros, Dubautia waialealae, D. imbricata acronaea, D. laxa hirsuta, Cheirodendron dominii, Leptecophylla tamelamaiae, bogs idssected w/ riparian veg of Metrosideros Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic on reclined Metrosideros, female, rhizone woody, creeping with occaional branching, fruit bright orange, common Wood, K.R. 12358 Kauai BISH 2007-05-07
74 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros mixed montane wet forest, 7 meter canopy, 90% closed native cover with Polyscias waialealae, Syzyglum sandwicensis, Cheirodendron spp, Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum pyrularium, Psychotria mariniana, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Labordia dengeneri, Melicope clustifolia,, M. a___ Preserved_Specimen Herb, with woody creeping rhizome, in fruit, common. Wood, K.R. 16782 Kauai BISH 2016-04-05
75 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphyte on Metrosideros Preserved_Specimen Flowers:red Chock, A.K. 380 Kauai BISH 1952-02-04
76 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in forest Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic Degener, O. 21550 Kauai BISH 1952-01-07
77 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details mixed mesophytic forest with Metrosideros and Syzygium Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic perennial herb forming dense clones. Perianth purple. Abundant. Lorence, D.H. 5105 Kauai BISH 1987-03-02
78 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10769 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
79 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Kalalau, rim NW of Pihae. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest w/ Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Coprosma, kauaiensis, syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Mysine wawraea, Scaevola procera, Broussaisia arguta, Labordia waialealae, Peperomia mem Preserved_Specimen Her, epiphytic on fallen Metrosideros, with fruit orange, SEED coll. ACC #20180323 Wood, K.R. 17824 Kauai BISH 2018-05-15
80 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On trees in moss forest. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17276 Kauai BISH 1920-01-29
81 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros polymjorpha montane mesic forest. W/ Psychotria mariniana, Melicope anisata, M. barbigera, Pouteria sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Dianella sandwicensis, Tetraplasandra kavaiensis, Claoxylon sandwicensis Preserved_Specimen epiphytic on fallen Pouteria sandwicensis, pistillate plants, common Wood, K.R. 14597 Kauai BISH 2011-04-17
82 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris Montane Forest W/ Diploterygium, Sticherus, Broussaidia, Kadua, Ilex, Myrsine, Syzygium, Vaccinium, Melicope clusifolia, Cibotium, Sadleria, Smilax, Lobelia villosa, Dianella sandwicensis, Clermontia Preserved_Specimen Branched 3X at base and growing out of Uluhe below a MetPol. Bright orange berries, seed shiny black inside. Leaves light green above and silvery hairs below. Calyx purple, peduncle woolly. Base w/ red-brown sheaths. Tangalin, N. 3798 Kauai BISH 2014-06-03
83 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Low statured Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. Vegetation associates: Metrosideros polymorpha, Cheirodendron platyphyllum, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Clermontia fauriei, Cibotium glaucum, Smilax melastomifolia, Vaccinium sp. Preserved_Specimen Birch, J.L. 141 Kauai BISH 2007-06-12
84 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphyte on Metrosideros Preserved_Specimen Chock, A.K. 378 Kauai BISH 1952-02-04
85 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details epiphytic on fallen ohia trunk; growing in company with Scaevola kauaiensis, Vaccinium calycinum, Cheirodendron trigynum, and Styphelia tameiameiae Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 140 Kauai BISH 1983-07-30
86 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details About 0.5 miles in Metrosideros-Dicranopteris lineris wet forest. With Cheirodendron spp., Scaevola procera, Bobea brevipes, Dodonaea viscosa, Ilex anomala, Coprosma kauaensis, Nestegis sandwicensis, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Psychotria greenwelliae, Santalum f.v. Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic, with fruit. Perlman, S. 23492 Kauai BISH 2013-05-31
87 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic; leaves silvery-hairy. Stone, B.C. 816 Kauai BISH 1955-06-16
88 Astelia argyrocoma Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Greenish, with young fruits Stone, B.C. 3352 Kauai BISH 1960-04-12
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