PLANTS Profile for Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum (Hawai'i silversword)

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Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat
Hawai'i silversword

Symbol:

ARSAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

More Information:

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

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Synonyms:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat

ARMA16

Argyroxiphium macrocephalum A. Gray

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


View Native Status

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USA (HI)

Related Taxa:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 6 species in Argyroxiphium, 2 subspecies in Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC.

Classification:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat

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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
Subspecies	Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat – Hawai'i silversword

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat

This plant is 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:
`ahinahina		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. ssp. macrocephalum (A. Gray) Mérat

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 185198.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 02:56 PM CDT