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Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum

(A.Gray) Meyrat (1984)

This name is accepted

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

‘āhinahina [ahinahina], haleakala silversword, hinahina

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) or subspherical rosette shrub, 1–2.3 m.

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, a rosette or spiralled. Blades linear Apex acute. Base clasping. Margins entire.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); arcuate; linear; surface glabrous; ribbed/nerved; with a pappus.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 37(3): 224 (1984)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:261 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
2 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
3 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 370 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
4 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 302 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
5 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
6 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 1295 Maui BISH 1984-05-25
7 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 66 Maui BISH 1978-07-21
8 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
9 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 370 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
10 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Skottsberg, C.J.F. 894 Maui BISH 1922-10-16
11 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 302 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
12 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
13 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
14 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 66 Maui BISH 1978-07-21
15 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
16 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. Maui BISH 1982-10-14
17 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 302 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
18 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Swezey, O.H. Maui BISH 1930-09-10
19 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Arneman, G.F. Maui BISH 1951-01-01
20 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Amundson, A. Maui BISH 1932-08-20
21 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Brigham, W.T. Maui BISH 1909-01-01
22 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Maui BISH 1910-01-01
23 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Weaver, H. 22 Maui BISH 1896-01-01
24 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Maui BISH
25 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Weaver, H. Maui BISH 1896-01-01
26 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
27 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 302 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
28 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On cinder cones Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3527 Maui BISH 1927-08-15
29 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
30 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 10317 Maui BISH 1912-03-01
31 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Maui BISH
32 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. Maui BISH
33 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. Maui BISH 1864-01-01
34 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On cinder cones Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3527 Maui BISH 1927-08-15
35 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On cinder cones Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3527 Maui BISH 1927-08-15
36 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details cinder slopes Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. Maui BISH 1916-09-01
37 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On cinder slopes Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. Maui BISH 1916-10-01
38 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Seeds originally from Puu Alaea, East Maui (Oppenheimer & Perlman #H100817 BISH ______. Preserved_Specimen Ray florets purple. Oppenheimer, H.L. 71023 Maui BISH 2010-07-28
39 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry rocky crater Preserved_Specimen Borne, M. 7488 Maui BISH 1922-09-05
40 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry bushy slope Preserved_Specimen Small clump Fosberg, F.R. 9975 Maui BISH 1933-08-23
41 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On cinder cones Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3527 Maui BISH 1927-08-15
42 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 4-5 ft. individual Takeuchi, W.N. 19 Maui BISH 1983-08-25
43 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Taken from dead specimen at edge of alluvial flat in exposed situation with common Styphelia Preserved_Specimen Hoe, W.J. 681 Hawaii BISH 1966-06-24
44 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Basal rosette of leaves, erect inflorescence Fosberg, F.R. 10002 Maui BISH 1933-08-22
45 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On cinder cones Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3527 Maui BISH 1927-08-15
46 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Flowers pale yellow, no anthocyanins Gagné, B.H. Maui BISH 1982-10-07
47 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 302 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
48 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8608 Maui BISH 1910-10-22
49 Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 302 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
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