| Dubautia kalalauensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Dubautia |
| Species: | D. kalalauensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dubautia kalalauensis B.G.Baldwin & G.D.Carr | |
Dubautia kalalauensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is known only from the island of Kauai. There is only a single known population composed of 26 plants. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010. Like other Dubautia this plant is known as na`ena`e.
This member of the silversword alliance was part of Dubautia laxa until 2005, when it was separated and described as a new species. The population grows in wet mountain forest habitat in the understory of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees in Kalalau Valley on Kauai.
This plant is a shrub or tree with oppositely arranged leaves and flower heads which contain green-tinged cream-colored flowers.
References
- ^ Dubautia kalalauensis. The Nature Conservancy.
- ^ USFWS. Determination of endangered status for 48 species on Kauai and designation of critical habitat; Final rule. Federal Register April 13, 2010. pg 18965.
- USFWS. Species Reports: Listed Plants.
- Baldwin, B. G. and G. D. Carr. (2005). Dubautia kalalauensis, a new species of the Hawaiian Silversword Alliance (Compositae, Madiinae) from northwestern Kaua'i, U.S.A. Novon 15:2 259-63.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Dubautia kalalauensis |
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