Schiedea hawaiiensis
Description
Seeds of Schiedea hawaiiensis. The seeds are 1 to 1.3 mm long, reniform-suborbicular, compressed, pale brown, with raised cells forming low transverse ridges across the surface. The perisperm (nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo) is starchy, and true endosperm is absent.
Object Information
Date Created:
2/20/25
Collection:
Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab
Place of Creation/Discovery:
Hawaii Island, Hawaii
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Anthophyta
Class:
Dicotyledoneae
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
Genus:
Schiedea
Species:
hawaiiensis
Habitat/Microhabitat:
It is found in a montane, dry forests on a pahoehoe lava flow at an elevation of approximately 1,640 meters.
Conservation Status:
Endangered
Growth Habit:
Reclining or sprawling vine that typically grows 30 to 70 cm long in the wild. The stems are often swollen at the nodes, terete, and conspicuously compressed-quadrangular with weakly winged angles.