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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii, in 3 different areas. This location is on an old lava flow near Kilauea. Listed as perennial herb (Wagner, et.al. 'Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii', Rev. ed. 1999), all of the plants I have observed have woody stems and main branches and look more like shrubs or subshrubs.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii, in 3 different areas. This location is on an old lava flow near Kilauea, around 3200 ft. While listed as suffrutescent perennial herbs, I have observed a woody nature to most of the branches, long lasting leaves and more of a shrub or subshrub nature.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii, in 3 different areas. This location is on an old lava flow near Kilauea, around 3200 ft. Note straight, black, wingless achenes. While listed as a suffrutescent perennial herb, the plants I have observed are woody, evergreen and more like a shrub or subshrub.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii, in 3 different areas. This location is on an old lava flow near Kilauea, around 3200 ft. While listed as 'suffrutescent perennial herbs' (Man. Flowering Plants Hawaii, Wagner et.al., rev.ed. 1999), the plants I have observed are not herbaceous, but woody, evergreen and resemble a shrub or subshrub.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii, in 3 different areas. This location is on an old lava flow near Kilauea, around 3200 ft. While listed as 'suffrutescent perennial herbs' (Man. Flow. Plants Hawaii, Wagner, et.al. Rev.ed 1999), all of the plants I have observed are not herbaceous, but woody, evergreen and resemble a shrub or subshrub.
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Endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii, in 3 different areas. This location is on an old lava flow near Kilauea, around 3200 ft. While this species is listed as 'suffrutescent perennial herb', I would argue that it is a woody subshrub. All of the plants of this species I have observed in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are not herbaceous, but woody and evergreen and around 1m in height.
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Photograph of Bidens hawaiensis.
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Photograph of Bidens hawaiensis.
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Photograph of Bidens hawaiensis.
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Kookoolau or Hawaii beggarticksAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kohala, Puna District and Klauea on Hawaii Island)Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Habit, but trimmed in a landscape
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4751019922/in/photostream/Early Hawaiians used the leaves in hot teas and tonics. Today, all species of kookoolau can be brewed as a tonic and each are said to have distinct flavors. Regarding Bidens spp., Isabella Abbott comments that "I find that the roughly half a dozen species common in Hawaii offer two or three slightly different flavors, each a bit more subtle than commercial black tea." ("Lau Hawaii: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants")EtymologyThe name Bidens is derived from the Latin bi, two, and dens, teeth in reference to the pappus awns or collective bristles on the achenes (fruit, seeds).The specific epithet hawaiensis refers to Hawaii Island where this species is endemic.<a href="http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Bidens_hawaiensis"
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Kookoolau or Hawaii beggarticksAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kohala, Puna District and Klauea on Hawaii Island) Oahu (Cultivated)Achenes (fruits/seeds)Early Hawaiians used the leaves in hot teas and tonics. Today, all species of kookoolau can be brewed as a tonic and each are said to have distinct flavors. Regarding Bidens spp., Isabella Abbott comments that "I find that the roughly half a dozen species common in Hawaii offer two or three slightly different flavors, each a bit more subtle than commercial black tea." ("Lau Hawaii: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants")<a href="http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Bidens_hawaiensis"
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Kookoolau or Hawaii beggarticksAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the leaves in hot teas and tonics. Today, all species of kookoolau can be brewed as a tonic and each are said to have distinct flavors. Regarding Bidens spp., Isabella Abbott comments that "I find that the roughly half a dozen species common in Hawaii offer two or three slightly different flavors, each a bit more subtle than commercial black tea." ("Lau Hawaii: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants")EtymologyThe name Bidens is derived from the Latin bi, two, and dens, teeth in reference to the pappus awns or collective bristles on the achenes (fruit, seeds).The specific epithet hawaiensis refers to Hawaii Island where this species is endemic.<a href="http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Bidens_hawaiensis"
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Kookoolau or Hawaii beggarticksAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kohala, Puna District and Klauea on Hawaii Island) Oahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the leaves in hot teas and tonics. Today, all species of kookoolau can be brewed as a tonic and each are said to have distinct flavors. Regarding Bidens spp., Isabella Abbott comments that "I find that the roughly half a dozen species common in Hawaii offer two or three slightly different flavors, each a bit more subtle than commercial black tea." ("Lau Hawaii: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants")
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Bidens_hawaiensis
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Kookoolau or Hawaii beggarticksAsteraceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kohala, Puna District and Klauea on Hawaii Island) Oahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the leaves in hot teas and tonics. Today, all species of kookoolau can be brewed as a tonic and each are said to have distinct flavors. Regarding Bidens spp., Isabella Abbott comments that "I find that the roughly half a dozen species common in Hawaii offer two or three slightly different flavors, each a bit more subtle than commercial black tea." ("Lau Hawaii: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants")<a href="http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Bidens_hawaiensis"
