Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_phyllostegia_electra
Phyllostegia electra
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About Phyllostegia electra
A nearly erect hairy subshrub with thin pointed ovate-to-lanceolate leaves, toothed margins and gland-dotted lower surfaces. Loose compound racemes have a main flowering branch and shorter lateral branches. White two-lipped flowers have a much longer lower lip. The small fruits are nutlets. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Phyllostegia electra
- Other names
- Phyllostegia electra
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. The reviewed account does not establish nutlet color; omit ripe color or seed detail.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Nearly erect subshrubs(?); stems densely spreading or retrorsely short-hispidulous [hairs 0.1-0.3(-0.5) mm long, usually some of them gland-tipped].
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A nearly erect hairy subshrub with thin pointed ovate-to-lanceolate leaves, toothed margins and gland-dotted lower surfaces. Loose compound racemes have a main flowering branch and shorter lateral branches. White two-lipped flowers have a much longer lower lip. The small fruits are nutlets. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.