Dubautia syndetica explained

Dubautia syndetica, the Wahiawa dubautia, is a plant species endemic to the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii. It is found only in the upper portions of the Wahiawa drainage basin at elevations of 680–950 m.^[1]

Dubautia syndetica is a branching shrub up to 3 m tall. Leaves opposite, up to 16 cm long, elliptic to lanceolate, dark green above, lighter below, tapering to a point at the tip. Flowering heads number 10–90, with reddish-purple phyllaries. Each head has 8–17 pale yellow flowers.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Carr, GD. 1985. Monograph of the Hawaiian Madiinae (Asteraceae): Argyoxiphium, Dubautia, and Wilkesia. Allertonia 4:1-123.
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/640503#page/4/mode/1up Carr, Gerald D. & Lorence, David H. 1998. A new species of Dubautia (Asteraceae-Madiinae) from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands. Novon 8:4-7.
3. http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=4705 photo of isotype of Dubautia syndetica at Missouri Botanical Garden
4. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/dsyn.htm University of Hawaii