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Schiedea stellarioides

H.Mann (1866)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Schiedea

kāwelu [kawelu], laulihilihi, mā‘oli‘oli [maolioli]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Weakly erect to sprawling subshrubs 3–6 dm tall, multi–stemmed from the base, often forming a dense clump.

Stems: Stems often swollen at the nodes, terete (cylindrical), 4–angled or –ridged, branched, green, conspicuously 4–ridged, compressed (at least the younger ones), moderately puberulent on younger stems, the hairs crinkly to curved, 0.1––0.3 mm long, and a few of them to 0.5 mm long on the angles, becoming sparsely puberulent on older stems.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades linear to oblong–elliptic, 2.5–8.2 cm long, 0.2–1.3 cm wide. Apex acute to acuminate. Base leaf bases often connate around the stem, base gradually tapering, sessile. Surfaces puberulent toward and on margins on upper surfaces side and on the midvein on lower surfaces side, otherwise glabrate;, slightly thickened and membranous. Margins entire, slightly revolute. Only the midvein evident. Petiolate, weakly to conspicuously connate around the stem. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescence terminal, with 17–85 flowers, 15–32 cm long, diffuse, weakly erect, the tertiary and higher–order internodes and pedicels ascending to weakly spreading, glabrous to puberulent, the hairs similar to those of the leaves; bracts green, filiform to subulate, those of central axis 5–10 mm long, those of branches and flowers 2–3 mm long; pedicels 7–15 mm long, 4-angled and somewhat compressed. Flowers bisexual (perfect), usually pendent. Sepals 2.8–3.6 mm long, lanceolate, green, tinged purple at apex, along the midrib, and toward the base, strongly reflexed at the base, producing a small bulge, deeply navicular and inrolled in the distal ½, oriented at 60° to 80° to the pedicel but curved throughout so that the proximal ½ curved upward, abaxial side keeled, glabrous to sparsely puberulent, margin scarious, glabrous or ciliate, especially toward the base, apex attenuate. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 10 (–11 ); filaments strongly dimorphic, in staminate phase the antisepalous whorl strongly ascending and the alternate whorl spreading, the antisepalous whorl 3.5–4.7 mm long, the alternate whorl 2–2.9 mm long; anthers of the antisepalous Stamens 0.6–1 mm long, those of the alternate whorl 0.5–0.6 mm long, pale reddish purple. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; styles 3 (–4).

Fruit: Capsules 2.4–3 mm long; ovoid. Seeds 0.8–1.1 mm long; orbicular–reniform; the surface slightly rugose; perisperm starchy; hard or rarely soft; true endosperm absent.

Ploidy: 2n = 56*–60*

Habitat: In open; dry sites on cliffs and mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 300–1,220 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Mercedez
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • Last collected in 1916

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 10: 310 (1866)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:520 (K); Lorence et al. 1995:31 (REDISCOVER/K); Wagner, Weller & Sakai 2005:67 (KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa-Metrosideros mesic forest Dodonaea viscosa, Leptecophylkla tameiameiae, Dianella sandwicensis, Pleomele aurea, Poa sandwicensis, Dubautia laevigata, Kadua knudsenii, Cibotium, Elaeocarpus bifidus. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 23592 Kauai BISH 2013-06-28
2 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Woods Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 275935 Kauai BISH 1909-09-15
3 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia mixed mesic forest with Dodonaea, Santalum freycinetianum, Kadua affinis, Xylosma hawaiinsis, Pouteria sandwicensis, Antidesma platyphylla, Dubautia laevigata, Wikstroemia oahunsis, Zanthoxylum dipetalum, Melicope ovata Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 16310 Kauai BISH 2015-02-11
4 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details steep slopes on south side of main Waialae falls, across gulch from goat fence exclosure, north facing slopes. In Acacia koa-Metrosideros montane mesic forest Bidens, Dianella, Poa sandwicensis, Dodonaea, Cheirodendron, Styphelia, Melicope, Alyxia, Mariscus, Psychotria, Wikistromia, Hedyotis terminalis. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 13325 Kauai BISH 1993-02-10
5 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia-Metrosideros montane mesic forest with Schiedea stellarioides, Dodonaea, Carex, Gahnia, Melicope, Bidens cosmoides, Psychotria, Coprosma, Melinis, Vulpia, Poa, Alsinidendron. 500 +/- plants in 100 +/- sq. m. area; north aspect on steep upper slope Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 841 Kauai BISH 1991-05-16
6 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry open places Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 275471 Kauai BISH 1909-09-15
7 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details along stream, mesic forest; Acacia koa, Metrosideros, Scaevola procera, Dodonaea viscosa, Coprosma kauaiensis, Cheirodendron, Rubus argutus, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Carex meyenii, Diplazium sandwichianum, Dicranopteris linearis, Hedyotis terminalis, Psychotria greenwelliae, Lantana camara, Pouteria sandwicensis, Syzygium sandwicense Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 5430 Kauai BISH 1996-07-30
8 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa-Metrosideros mesic forest. With Cyanea leptostegia, Wikstroemia furcata, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Ilex anomala, Diplazium sandwichianum, Poa sandwicensis, Dubautia laevigata, Bidens cosmoides, Dodonaea vioscosa, Freycinetia ar Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 22031 Kauai BISH 2010-04-01
9 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa, Metrosideros polymorpha, Dubautia laevigata, Dianella sandwicensis, Poa sandwicensis, Peperomia macraeana, Claoxylon sandwicense; brown soil, talus, leaf litter Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 7599 Kauai BISH 1998-11-15
10 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia mixed mesic forest with Dubautia laevigata, Kadua affinis, Cheirodendron spp., Dianella sandwicensis, Poa sandwicensis, Bidens cosmoides, Peperomia membranacea, Microlepia strigosa, Dryopteris fuscoatra, Cyanea leptostegi. Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 16546 Kauai BISH 2015-07-14
11 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry open places Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 275473 Kauai BISH 1909-09-15
12 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details closed to open Metrosideros-Acacisa Montane Mesic Forest; gently sloping 330 deg NW aspect w/Dodonaea viscosa, Melicope barbigera, Psychotria mariniana, Poa sandvicensis, Panicum nephelophilum, Mariscus pennatiformis; rich brown soil Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 3992 Kauai BISH 1995-02-02
13 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2766 Kauai BISH 1895-09-02
14 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details mesic; Metrosideros, Acacia, Cheirodendron, Melicope barbigera, Dodonaea, Bidens cosmoides, Myrsine lanaiensis, Xylosma hawaiiense, Kadua affinis, Myoporum, Pouteria, Poa sandwicensis, Panicum nephelophilum Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 13036 Kauai BISH 2008-05-21
15 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open to closed Metrosideros-Acacia Montane Mesic Forest; Styphelia, Dodonaea viscosa, Lobelia sp., Dianella, Luzula, Dryopteris, Asplenium macraei, Carex, Poa sandvicensis, Panicum nephelophilum, Mariscus pennatiformis; steep w/rich brown soil Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 4009 Kauai BISH 1995-02-02
16 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 463 Kauai BISH 1913-09-01
17 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1089 Kauai BISH 1910-02-01
18 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17095 Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
19 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rocky cliffs Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 758 Kauai BISH 1916-11-03
20 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mountain Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 275935 Kauai BISH 1909-09-15
21 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Closed-open Metrosideros-Acacia Montane Mesic forest on gently sloping NW aspect Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 3990 Kauai BISH 1995-02-02
22 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Knudsen 52 Kauai BISH
23 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 380 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
24 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5474 Kauai BISH 1909-09-15
25 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 6800 Kauai BISH 1998-02-09
26 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 6855 Kauai BISH 1998-02-12
27 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 595 Kauai BISH 1864-01-01
28 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details gently sloping 330 deg NW aspect w/Dodonaea viscosa, Melicope barbigera, Psychotria mariniana, Poa sandvicensis, Panicum nephelophilum, Mariscus pennatiformis; rich brown soil Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 3985 Kauai BISH 1995-02-02
29 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 6854 Kauai BISH 1998-02-12
30 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2766 Kauai BISH 1895-09-02
31 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1909-09-15
32 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 595 Kauai BISH 1864-01-01
33 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1916-01-01
34 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Weller, S.G. Kauai BISH 1991-01-01
35 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Knudsen, V. Kauai BISH
36 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH
37 Schiedea stellarioides Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia mixed mesic forest w/Mariscus pennatiformis, Panicum nephelophilum, Diospyros, Threats: Pigs are devastating understory, Psidium, Charpentiera, Dianella, Dodonaea, Styphelia, Antidesma, Poa sandvicensis, Schiedea, Alsinidendron, endemic ferns are diverse in cool, shady gulchs. Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 2847 Kauai BISH 1993-11-09
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