Dubautia laxa Hook. & Arn. var. skottsbergii Sherff, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 17: 611. 1939.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. L.M. Cranwell , O.H. Selling and C. Skottsberg 2976. 16 August 1938. Kaua`i: Alaka`i, trail to Kilohana near beginning of the open bog, between Lehuamakanoi and main bog.

Note: Holotype incorrectly stated as being at GB by Sherff.

=Dubautia laxa subsp. hirsuta
Note: Holotype incorrectly stated as being at GB by Sherff.

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.