`Ahinahina (Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Threatened
Family: Asteraceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 142156
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 07/20/2023

Description:

single-stemmed shrub

Where is `Ahinahina (Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

`Ahinahina can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve `Ahinahina (Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 07/20/23

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`Ahinahina (Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum) Characteristics

Nomenclature

Taxon	Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum
Authority	(A. Gray) Meyrat
Family	Asteraceae
CPC Number	9377
ITIS	185198
USDA	ARSAM
Duration	Perennial
Common Names	'ahinahina \| Haleakala silversword \| Silversword
Associated Scientific Names	Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum
Distribution

State Rank

State	State Rank
Hawaii	S2

Ecological Relationships

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