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Dubautia imbricata
Bog dubautia is a rare, bushy Hawaiian shrub that grows only in a few boggy forest spots on Kauai. It is a federally endangered species and is not realistically grown in gardens, so care notes are for reference only.
Dubautia imbricata is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names bog dubautia and imbricate dubautia. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is known only from the island of Kauai. There are four known occurrences. Like other Dubautia this plant is known as na`ena`e.
This member of the silversword alliance was first described to science in 1981 after it was discovered in a Kauaian rainforest. It grows in just a few spots in boggy forest habitat in the understory of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees among sedges in the genera Oreobolus and Rhynchospora.
Mauna Kea dubautia · Keaau Valley dubautia · Naenae · Kalalau rim dubautia · Smooth dubautia · Koholapehu · Kauai dubautia · Wahiawa Bog dubautia · Plantainleaf dubautia · Netvein dubautia · Rough dubautia · Wahiawa dubautia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dubautia imbricata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
