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Bidens hillebrandiana

(Drake) O.Deg. ex Sherff (1928)

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]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect or usually decumbent, slightly suffrutescent perennial herbs 0.2–0.3(–0.5) m tall

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves bipinnately compound or pinnately compound or simple. Opposite. Blades ovate Margins crenate, or lobed.

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Not in flora
Kaho'olawe Not in flora
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 85(1): 6 (1928)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Bidens hillebrandiana Halawa Ahupuaa, Kikipua point, N coast of Molokai, Transect Mo, Station 10 Mesic coastal strand community. Preserved_Specimen leathery leaves. Jacobi, J.D. 1624 Molokai BISH 1981-06-15
2 Bidens hillebrandiana Honokane Ahupua'a, North Kohala District. Growing coastal sea cliff between Polulu Valley and Honokane Valley. growing with Casequ, Sespor, Artaus, Digcil. Preserved_Specimen Small frutescent herb. Flowers yellow. Gordon, R. Hawaii BISH 2018-02-08
3 Bidens hillebrandiana east Maui, Makawao District, 1/2 mile east of Maliko Gulch. on soil ledges at base of bluffs. Vegetation: Lycium, Sesuvium, Bidens, Lysimachia, Chenopodium, Artemisia, Kadua, Fimbristylis, Heliotropium, Cyperus, Bacopa, Digitaria, Cynodon, Pluchea, Casuarina. Preserved_Specimen Locally common Oppenheimer, H.L. 41526 Maui BISH 2015-04-15
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