Remya montgomeryi

W.L.Wagner & D.R.Herbst (1987)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Weakly erect shrubs up to ca. 1 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: alternate narrowly elliptic, 13-15 cm long, 2-3.2 cm wide glabrous

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Bot. 12(4): 605 (1987)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:355 (K); PEPP 2025/Scott Heintzman pers. comm. 2025 (EXTINCT, 2014)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Remya montgomeryi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep Diverse Montane Mesic Forest with: Remya montgomeryi, Nototrichium sp., Hedyotis acuminata, Nothocestrum longifolium, Schiedea membranacea, Phyllostegia electra, Myrsine linearifolia, Eurya sandwicensis, Melicope pallida, Rauvolifia, Euphorbia haeleeleana. Preserved_Specimen 1 m tall herb; 2 sq m clump; in early bud, flower, and fruit. fl & fr in spirit collection. Wood, K.R. 1180 Kauai BISH 1991-08-29
2 Remya montgomeryi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On lava cliffs below upper rim of the valley. Preserved_Specimen Montgomery, S.L. Kauai BISH 1985-07-05
3 Remya montgomeryi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On lava cliffs below upper rim of the valley. Preserved_Specimen Montgomery, S.L. Kauai BISH 1985-07-05
4 Remya montgomeryi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Stream banks near waterfall where upstream travel is stopped, west facing slope, Artemisia-Metrosideros cliffs with Boehmaria, Eragrostis, Panicum lineale, Cibotium, Doodia lyonii, Diplazium sandwichianum, Erigeron karvinskianus, Claoxylon, Dodonaea, Pipturus, Dubautia laevigata. Preserved_Specimen 3-5 plants seen, with fruit and few flowers, shrubs 1 meter ht. Perlman, S. 14363 Kauai BISH 1994-08-31
5 Remya montgomeryi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros montane wet forest & riparian communities w/Psychotria, Melicope, Bobea, Pritchardia, Boehmeria, Pleomele, Hedyotis, Charpentiera, pteridophytes are common. On vertical wet basalt above stream. Preserved_Specimen 50 cm ht, upright, clumping shrub, peduncle pendant, pale-green when young, ca 3 plants, each 1 sq m, mature stems yellow-white, leaves thick, pale green, central nerve yellow-white. Wood, K.R. 3463 Kauai BISH 1994-08-31
6 Remya montgomeryi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mesic forest & cliffs w/ Dubautia, Nototrichium divaricatum, Stenogyne campanulata, Remya montgomeryi, Poa mannii, Mariscus phleoides. Preserved_Specimen Threats: Goats, landslides, Erigeron karvinskianus. 50 plants scattered in forest patch between steep cliffs; flower & seed. Wood, K.R. 417 Kauai BISH 1992-01-28
7 Remya montgomeryi Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On exposed, near vertical rock faces with Lepidium serra, Lysimachia glutinosa, and Nototrichium sandwicense and Metrosideros. Preserved_Specimen Compact, much branched shrubs of ca 18 inches. Young inflorescences purpulish. Midvein reddish pink tinged. Flynn, T.W. 1869 Kauai BISH 1986-08-18