PLANTS Profile for Argyroxiphium sandwicense (Hawai'i silversword)

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Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.
Hawai'i silversword

Symbol:

ARSA5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

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Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.

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Distribution:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.


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USA (HI)

Related Taxa:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 6 species in Argyroxiphium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat. .

Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum
Hawai'i silversword

Distribution of Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. sandwicense. . Image Available.

Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense
Hawai'i silversword

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Argyroxiphium DC. – silversword
Species	Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. – Hawai'i silversword

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum
`ahinahina		Threatened
Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense
`ahinahina		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38729.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 08:39 PM CDT