
Dubautia laxa
Naʻenaʻe-pua-melemele
As recorded: Dubautia laxa subsp. laxa
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Higashino, P.K.; Holt, R.A.Paul K. Higashino →Alan Holt →
- Collector number
- 9408
- Date
- August 2, 1980
- Locality
- Wailau Ahu. tr. 19(2); btwn. Wailau & Pelekunu Valley, Olokui Plateau
- Island
- Molokaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.1479, -156.8556 ± 2,884 m
- Elevation
- 1,371 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 2, 1980, Higashino, P.K.; Holt, R.A. also collected 13 other specimens.
Still here: Dubautia laxa observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1980. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-11-10.

2022-11-10
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2005-08-26
Hawaii, US
(c) Karl Magnacca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Dubautia laxa. BISH 463371. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956667335. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/463371.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956667335 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
