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Mauna Kea dubautia

Dubautia arborea was once abundant on the upper slopes of Mauna Kea, before feral ungulates and game animals began destroying the upper elevation vegetation. They are now uncommon to locally common. I have not completely sorted out the dubautia genera of arborea and linearis. There may be two kinds here, or hybrids. More