Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_silene_lanceolata
Silene lanceolata
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About Silene lanceolata
A low erect-to-ascending native subshrub with narrow oblanceolate-to-linear leaves and hairs near their bases. Open branched cymes carry white flowers with notched petal blades and small paired scales at their bases. The five-toothed calyx has ten nerves. Oblong-ovoid capsules contain papillose reddish-brown kidney-shaped seeds. 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
- Silene lanceolata
- Other names
- Silene lanceolata
- 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. Keep the notched white petals and included stamens. Do not depict a generic pink garden catchfly.
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; Subshrubs; stems erect to ascending, 1.5-5 dm long, essentially glabrous.
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
- A low erect-to-ascending native subshrub with narrow oblanceolate-to-linear leaves and hairs near their bases. Open branched cymes carry white flowers with notched petal blades and small paired scales at their bases. The five-toothed calyx has ten nerves. Oblong-ovoid capsules contain papillose reddish-brown kidney-shaped seeds. 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.