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Plant Profile

(Dubautia kalalauensis)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Asteraceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 818666
Lifeform: Shrub, Tree
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

D. kalalauensis is a member of the sunflower family, specifically of the Hawaiian silversword alliance. This alliance refers to a diverse group of taxon that had undergone rapid evolution from a single immigrant plant species that migrated to the Hawaiian islands around five million years ago. This shrub has opposite lime green to yellow green leaves and florets that range from purple to green to brown in color.

Where is (Dubautia kalalauensis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Preferred habitats of D. kalalauensis are on steep slopes and by the sides of streams in densely vegetated forests.

Distribution:

Endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kaua`i, specifically the Kalalau Valley on the island's northern coast. It has been observed to be growing from 1,189 to 1,219 meters in elevation.

States & Provinces:

can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve (Dubautia kalalauensis)?

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Clarice Mendoza

09/15/2017

Main ecological threats to this shrub include competition with introduced invasive plants and stochastic events due to the effects of climate change.

Clarice Mendoza

09/15/2017

There are an estimated 25 individuals left of this silversword species from a single population.