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Gastridium phleoides

(Nees & Meyen) C.E.Hubb. (1954)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Gastridium

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Extirpated
Molokai Unknown
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Kew Bull. 9: 375 (1954)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1550 (K, M, H [as G. ventricosum]); Faccenda 2022:71 (Mo? [one spm. from 1937]); Faccenda 2023c:122 (O? [single spm. Schofield, 1916], G. ventricosum misapplied = G. phleoides); Hitchcock 14048 US (O†, 1916); Whitney 4479 BISH (Mo†, 1937)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Gastridium phleoides East Maui, Haleakala Crater; W. Kaupo gap In rocky streambed. Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 427 Maui BISH 1983-06-28
2 Gastridium phleoides East Maui, Kula, Makawao In pasture. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2475 Maui BISH 1939-04-14
3 Gastridium phleoides Kipuka Nene, across rd from picnic shelter In dry, shaded area w/ Metrosideros, Andropogon virginicus, A. glomerata, Bromus rubens, Scaevola kilaueae. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 265 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
4 Gastridium phleoides W Maui, above Lahainaluna School Pasture, growing in a damp shady site under Grevillea & Lantana. Preserved_Specimen A short lived annual grass. Hobdy, R.W. 2497 Maui BISH 1986-02-12
5 Gastridium phleoides W of Kona Rd grass; ash and aa; Eragrostis atropioides, Bromus willdenowii, Brassica Preserved_Specimen Tierney 93.21 Hawaii BISH 1993-06-23
6 Gastridium phleoides Waimea Canyon Dr, ca. 5.4 mi from Waimea On edge of Waimea Canyon under & around Styphelia. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1055 Kauai BISH 1985-04-03
7 Gastridium phleoides Waimea District. Near the end of southern finger of Makaha ridge, Puu Ka Pele Forest Reserve Aalii Lowland Shrubland, invaded by beardgrass and Formosan koa. Acacia confusa, Bothriochloa pertusa, Melinis repens, Doryopteris decipiens, Lantana camara, Bromus diandrus, Hypochaeris glabra (AMW784), Centarium erythraea subsp. erythraea, Heteropogon contortus. Mixed with Bromus and occasional Hypochaeris, in part shade of an Acacia confusa on the north side of a small hillock near end of ridge. Preserved_Specimen A patch of newly sprouted youg grasses, 20-30 cm tall. Plants are light grreen with reddish tinge on lower parts of culm, slender, erect. Williams, A.M. 785 Kauai BISH 2023-04-04
8 Gastridium phleoides Kapapala In dry pasture in Styphelia assoc. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1469 Hawaii BISH 1936-07-31
9 Gastridium phleoides East Maui, Kula Roadsides & fields. Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Maui BISH 1913-01-01
10 Gastridium phleoides Hawaii National Park, Nama Kane Paio Few plants growing in partial shade of Koa tree in Kipuka. Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 609 Hawaii BISH 1943-06-03
11 Gastridium phleoides East Maui, Olinda, entrance to Hawea Pl. Locally abundant, seems seasonally ephemeral. Naturalized. Open mesic lawan'roadside (Dodonaea viscosa, Eriobotrya japonica, Pennisetum clandestinum). Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 9070203 Maui BISH 2009-07-02
12 Gastridium phleoides Waiakoa Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4479 Molokai BISH 1937-04-13
13 Gastridium phleoides Mauna Loa Strip Rd, near Kapapala Ranch Boundary, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 9818 Hawaii BISH 1982-07-12
14 Gastridium phleoides Below Canyon Rd. Relic Dodonaea shrubland. Preserved_Specimen terrestrial grass on steep slopes with m Wood, K.R. 14625 Kauai BISH 2011-04-22
15 Gastridium phleoides Waiakoa, Dr. Cooke's place Preserved_Specimen rare Hosaka, E.Y. 1823 Maui BISH 1937-04-13
16 Gastridium phleoides Kipuka Nene Dry, shaded area, assoc w/ Metrosideros, Andropogon virginicus, A. glomerata, Bromus rubens, Scaevola kilaueae. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 265 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
17 Gastridium phleoides East Maui, West Kaqupo above RAWS weather station Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 1608 Maui BISH 1992-05-27
18 Gastridium phleoides Kaholuamano Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15435 Kauai BISH 1916-10-21
19 Gastridium phleoides Haleakala, Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8558 Maui BISH 1910-09-01
20 Gastridium phleoides Haleakala substation, Makawao Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2465 Maui BISH 1939-04-11
21 Gastridium phleoides East Maui, W Kaupo Gap Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5660 Maui BISH 1986-07-11
22 Gastridium phleoides Kokee State Park, along trail to Gingko behind NASA generator station Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 840 Kauai BISH 1984-04-27
23 Gastridium phleoides West Kaupo Gap, Haleakala National Park, near exclosure Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. 3061 Maui BISH 1991-04-29
24 Gastridium phleoides East Maui, Haleakala Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1356 Maui BISH 1909-08-01
25 Gastridium phleoides Kula Preserved_Specimen Smith, J.G. Maui BISH 1902-10-01
26 Gastridium phleoides Waimea District. Kwaiiki Ridge, NW of Kaiaiiki Valley in Diellia mannii exclosure. Diverse Mesic Forest. Metrosideros, Acacia koa, Dodonea, Alyxia, Psychotria, Bobea, Coprosma, Dodonea, Santalum, Kadua affinis, Carex, Cheirodendron, Myrsine, Dianella, Psidium cattleianum, Doodia kunthiana, Blechnum appen Preserved_Specimen Clumping. All parts golden-brown. Old ligules twisting and curling. One clump procumbent w/ some nodes on ground and then lifting upward Tangalin, N. 2839 Kauai BISH 2011-09-12
27 Gastridium phleoides Ohaikea, Kau Occasional in open pasture. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2006 Hawaii BISH 1938-04-20
28 Gastridium phleoides On the slope of Mauna Loa Found in open pasture. Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4107 Hawaii BISH 1936-04-01
29 Gastridium phleoides Kapapala Common in dry pasture in Styphelia association. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1469 Hawaii BISH 1936-07-31
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