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Dubautia kalalauensis
Also called Silversword
Dubautia kalalauensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is known only from the island of Kauai. There is only a single known population composed of 26 plants. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010. Like other Dubautia this plant is known as na`ena`e.
This member of the silversword alliance was part of Dubautia laxa until 2005, when it was separated and described as a new species. The population grows in wet mountain forest habitat in the understory of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees in Kalalau Valley on Kauai.
Mauna Kea dubautia · Keaau Valley dubautia · Bog dubautia · 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 kalalauensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
