Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_argyroxiphium_grayanum
Greensword
Argyroxiphium grayanum
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ahinahina is a rosette shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Argyroxiphium grayanum
- Common names
- Greensword
- Hawaiian names
- Ahinahina
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Order
- Asterales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented Kauaʻi endemic or regional endemic
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wet bogs and montane shrublands
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Rosette shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Feral pigs, invasive plants, drainage, climate drying
- Conservation actions
- Fencing, bog protection, rare plant monitoring
- Monitoring
- Fencing, bog protection, rare plant monitoring
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ahinahina is a rosette shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
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