Plants of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Scientific Name Dubautia scabra (DC) D. Keck
Family Asteraceae (Aster, or Sunflower family)
Other Names na'ena'e, kupaca (transl. "strong smelling")
Status Endemic
Distribution & Habitat On recent lava flows and in wet forest, 75-2,500 m, on Moloka'i, Lana'i, Maui, and Hawai'i  (Wagner et al. 1990).
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General Appearance
A mat forming shrub, that is a sub-erect individual.

Adult plants have stems along the ground which turn up at the tips.  The branches with flowers are erect and may be up to two feet long (Lamoureux 1996: 72).

 1974 Lava Flow
1974 Lava Flow at the Mid-Elevation Woodland Site 1974 Flow at the Mid-Elevation Woodland Site
Mid-Elevation Woodland (on 1974 flow)
Mid-Elevation Woodland (on 1974 flow) Mid-Elevation Woodland (on 1974 flow)
Parts of the plants frequently die.  This contributes abundant organic matter to the otherwise barren lava flows, changing the environment for later invaders.
1974 Lava Flow at the Mid-Elevation Woodland Site 1974 Lava Flow at the Mid-Elevation Woodland Site

Mid-Elevation Woodland (on 1974 flow)
Leaves
The leaves are alternate and they persist on the plant (Caraway and Morden, pers. comm.).

The leaves 

 1974 Lava Flow

Mid-Elevation Woodland (on 1974 flow)
Flowers & Fruits
The flowers have a white corolla and are borne on a flat-topped stalk. Mid-Elevation Woodland

Mid-Elevation Woodland (on 1974 flow)

 Mid-Elevation Woodland (on 1974 flow)
Fruits (achenes) Mid-Elevation Woodland
Phenology Flowers and fruits throughout the year (Wagner, et al. 1990).
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