:Dubautia kalalauensis

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Dubautia kalalauensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is known only from the island of Kauai. There is only a single known population composed of 26 plants.[https://archive.today/20130415101651/http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Dubautia+kalalauensis Dubautia kalalauensis.] The Nature Conservancy. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010.USFWS. [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-04-13/pdf/2010-1904.pdf#page=1 Determination of endangered status for 48 species on Kauai and designation of critical habitat; Final rule.] Federal Register April 13, 2010. pg 18965. Like other Dubautia this plant is known as na`ena`e.USFWS. [http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/listedPlants.jsp Species Reports: Listed Plants.]

This member of the silversword alliance was part of Dubautia laxa until 2005, when it was separated and described as a new species.Baldwin, B. G. and G. D. Carr. (2005). [https://www.jstor.org/pss/3393330 Dubautia kalalauensis, a new species of the Hawaiian Silversword Alliance (Compositae, Madiinae) from northwestern Kaua'i, U.S.A.] Novon 15:2 259-63. The population grows in wet mountain forest habitat in the understory of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees in Kalalau Valley on Kauai.

This plant is a shrub or tree with oppositely arranged leaves and flower heads which contain green-tinged cream-colored flowers.