Bidens cervicata

Sherff (1920)

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 perennial or facultatively annual herbs 0.7-2.5 m tall

Stems:

Roots:

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

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Endemic
Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 70: 99 (1920)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:273 (Ni, K, O)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mixed mesophytic forest Preserved_Specimen Shrub of 6 ft, ray flowers five, yellow Flynn, T.W. 2193 Kauai BISH 1987-05-15
2 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open, dry, tufted-grass-shrub area Preserved_Specimen Suffruticose, about 2 ft tall, with yellow flowers Herbst, D.R. 1067 Kauai BISH 1968-04-18
3 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open forest above cliffs Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 24000 Kauai BISH 1955-09-23
4 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing beside the trail in area dominated by Pandanus, Aleurites, & Diospyros ferrea Preserved_Specimen 3 ft tall, flowers yellow, leaflets 3, terminal one largest Cuddihy, L.W. 311 Kauai BISH 1980-04-10
5 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on cliff above trail Preserved_Specimen Woody plant about 3' tall, ray florets yellow Corn, C. 169 Kauai BISH 1980-04-09
6 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Potted plant in holding area Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 2243 Oahu BISH 1981-02-13
7 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details State Division of Wildlife goat exclosure, vegetation basically Lantana with exotic grasses. Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 331 Kauai BISH 1979-07-19
8 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Bare soil Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21488 Kauai BISH 1952-01-07
9 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open forest above cliffs Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 24000 Kauai BISH 1955-09-23
10 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In grass area under koa trees along parking lot, disturbed area, associated with Bidens sp. (no. 1004 & 1005) Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1006 Kauai BISH 1968-03-30
11 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
12 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1085 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
13 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2413 Kauai BISH 1972-05-18
14 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Height 2'. Flowers yellow. ESP Field Crew 4 Kauai BISH 1979-07-16
15 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1029 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
16 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
17 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
18 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along trail. Preserved_Specimen Woody plant 3-4' tall. Ray florets yellow. Corn, C. 173 Kauai BISH 1980-04-09
19 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1911-12-01
20 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
21 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
22 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
23 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 3417 Kauai BISH 1960-04-14
24 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Davis, J. Kauai BISH 1984-07-19
25 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in talus slope. Preserved_Specimen Small erect woody plant. Corn, C. 440 Kauai BISH 1979-07-20
26 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing at base of sand dune with Scaevola taccada shrubs near arched rock between beaches. Preserved_Specimen Very small woody plant, Ray florets yellow Corn, C. 422 Kauai BISH 1979-07-20
27 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep slopes Preserved_Specimen Ganders, F.R. 8111 Kauai BISH 1981-02-01
28 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In forest Preserved_Specimen Large sprawling shrub to 5 ft high & at least 8 ft across Flynn, T.W. 1194 Kauai BISH 1985-08-30
29 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in full sun on the E valley wall on a steep cliff face with Kalanchoe, Dodonaea, Lantana, Pleomele, & Diospyros Preserved_Specimen 25 in ht Clarke, G. 319 Kauai BISH 1979-07-16
30 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On talus slope behind sand dunes Preserved_Specimen Small woody plant, no flowers Corn, C. 411 Kauai BISH 1979-07-20
31 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open, dry, tufted-grass-shrub area Preserved_Specimen Suffruticose, about 2 ft tall with yellow flowers Herbst, D.R. 1067 Kauai BISH 1968-04-18
32 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Potted plant in holding area Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 2242 Oahu BISH 1981-02-13
33 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On sand dune with Scaevola taccada shrubs Preserved_Specimen Dry, woody plant about 3 ft tall Corn, C. 418 Kauai BISH 1979-07-20
34 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Potted plant in holding area Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 2240 Oahu BISH 1981-02-13
35 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Koa-ohia-Dodonaea area Preserved_Specimen Half-shrub, woody at the base, to ca 1 m high, rays mostly 5, stem sharply 4-angled Fay, J.J. 198 Kauai BISH 1974-04-16
36 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open forest above cliffs Preserved_Specimen Up to 4 ft high, apparently mostly dying after seeding Degener, O. 24000 Kauai BISH 1955-09-23
37 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on talus slope behind sand dunes Preserved_Specimen Dry, woody plant with few leaves and no flowers Corn, C. 414 Kauai BISH 1979-07-20
38 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details mostly on flat section above cliffs under Grevilia robustua, Acacia formosa. Preserved_Specimen small shrub 10-25cm, flowers numerous plants (>~100) Ching-Harbin, S. 2022052402 Oahu BISH 2022-05-24
39 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details With Dodonaea, Pteridium Preserved_Specimen Herb, to 18 in tall, ray florets at least five, yellow, disc florets orange Flynn, T.W. 1180 Kauai BISH 1985-08-21
40 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Grassy ledges Preserved_Specimen 5 ft high, beginning of flowering season Degener, O. 21575 Kauai BISH 1952-01-11
41 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry plateau with grasses & Wilkesia Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 27183 Kauai BISH 1960-11-24
42 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing beside the trail in area dominated by Pandanus, Aleurites, and Diospyros ferrea. Preserved_Specimen Woody plant, 3' tall. Flowers yellow. Leaflets 3, terminal one largest. Cuddihy, L.W. 310 Kauai BISH 1980-04-10
43 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on talus slope Preserved_Specimen Small erect woody plant Corn, C. 437 Kauai BISH 1979-07-20
44 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry forest area assoc. with Styphelia, Scaevola gaudichaudii, Dodonaea, Wilkesia gymnoxiphium, Eragrostis, Acacia koa Preserved_Specimen Bushy annual, 2-4.5 ft tall Gustafson, R. 1747 Kauai BISH 1980-05-25
45 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vicinity of planted pine trees Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5060 Kauai BISH 1983-08-31
46 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In forest Preserved_Specimen Large sprawling shrub to 5 ft high & at least 8 ft across Flynn, T.W. 1194 Kauai BISH 1985-08-30
47 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Ethnobotany Section Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 2245 Oahu BISH 1981-02-13
48 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mixed mesophytic forest with Acacia koa dominant, also Metrosideros, Pelea, Antidesma, Nestegis, & Hedyotis Preserved_Specimen Monocarpic herb 1.5 m tall, ray flowers 5, yellow Lorence, D.H. 5223 Kauai BISH 1987-05-15
49 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Near stream in Aleurites moluccana - Eugenia cumini - Melia azedarach grove. Preserved_Specimen Woody plant 3' tall. Ray and disc florets yellow. Corn, C. 303 Kauai BISH 1979-07-16
50 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep, partly shaded W slope of Kokee Stream Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 21494 Kauai BISH 1952-01-01
51 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Near large clump of Hibiscus tiliaceus at valley mouth. Growing in grassland dominated by Setaria geniculata. Preserved_Specimen 15 in height, flowers yellow. ESP Field Crew 29 Kauai BISH 1979-07-19
52 Bidens cervicata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In bulldozed area Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 27346 Kauai BISH 1961-03-14