Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_dubautia_laevigata
Naʻenaʻe
Dubautia laevigata
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About Naʻenaʻe
An often narrow, upright shrub with opposite long, narrow, hairless leaves. Sharp teeth occur on the upper margins; the lower blade tapers to a sometimes purple, clasping base. Numerous yellow discoid heads grow in elongated branched arrays. Small hairy dry fruits bear narrow pappus bristles. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dubautia laevigata
- Hawaiian names
- naʻenaʻe · kūpaoa
- Other names
- Dubautia laevigata · naʻenaʻe · kūpaoa
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Shrubs, often narrow, up to 2.5 m tall; stems erect to occasionally decumbent, glabrous or leaf scars appressed ciliolate.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- An often narrow, upright shrub with opposite long, narrow, hairless leaves. Sharp teeth occur on the upper margins; the lower blade tapers to a sometimes purple, clasping base. Numerous yellow discoid heads grow in elongated branched arrays. Small hairy dry fruits bear narrow pappus bristles. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.