Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_wilkesia_hobdyi
Dwarf Iliau
Wilkesia hobdyi
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About Dwarf Iliau
A low native perennial shrub freely branching near its base. Narrow sword-shaped leaves occur in whorls of usually seven to nine and join into a sticky sheathing cylinder below. Loose elongated flower systems have whorled stalks carrying cream-colored heads. Small achenes have a pappus of rigid lanceolate scales. 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
- Wilkesia hobdyi
- Common names
- dwarf iliau
- Other names
- Wilkesia hobdyi · dwarf iliau
- 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 low freely branched habit and short sword-like leaves, distinct from tall largely unbranched Wilkesia gymnoxiphium. The reviewed account does not specify achene color.
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; Erect to decumbent perennial shrubs up to 0.7 m tall, freely branching from near base.
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 native perennial shrub freely branching near its base. Narrow sword-shaped leaves occur in whorls of usually seven to nine and join into a sticky sheathing cylinder below. Loose elongated flower systems have whorled stalks carrying cream-colored heads. Small achenes have a pappus of rigid lanceolate scales. 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.