Scientific Name: Chamaesyce celasroides Endemic: All of HI including Nihoa Description: Prostrate groundcovers two feet tall or less or erect shrubs up to six feet with thick, glabrous leaves. … [Read more...]
Akulikuli
Scientific Name: Sesuvium portulacastrum Inigenous: All HI Description: The akulikuli plant is a very low crawling ground cover. It has very succulent green leaves with bright red stems and … [Read more...]
Alaalawainui
Scientific Name: Peperomia blanda Indigenous : All the main islands except Kahoolawe Description: A low growing very succulent plant that grows up to about 10 inches tall with fleshy, light … [Read more...]
Costal Lysimachia
Latin: Lysimachia mauritiana Description: A low crawling herbaceous groundcover with light green, succulent leaves and white flower clusters. The leaves emerge radially out from the center giving … [Read more...]
Hinahina
Scientific Name: Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum Indigenous: All HI Description: A prostrate ground cover with one of the nicest smelling flower clusters of all the native Hawaiian plants. … [Read more...]
Ihi
Scientific Name: Portulaca lutea Indigenous: Northwestern H.I., Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, and Hawaii Description: Prostrate herbs with thick stems and tightly arranged, alternating leaves … [Read more...]
Iliee
Scientific Name: Plumbago zeylanica Indigenous: All HI Description: A low sprawling shrub with long stems, light green foliage and clusters of bluish white flowers that emerge at the stem tips. … [Read more...]
Ilima
Scientific Name: Sida fallax Also Known As: Black Coral Distribution: ’Ilima is a common shrub or ground cover found on the coast and on up into the dry and mesic forest of all the Hawaiian … [Read more...]
Ilima papa – Ilima Ku Kahakai
Scientific Name: Sida fallax Also Known As: Groundcover Ilima Indigenous: All HI Description: Prostrate plants with pale green leaves, woody stems and bright orange flowers. There are many … [Read more...]
Kukaenene
Scientific Name: Coprosma ernodeoides Endemic: Maui and Hawai’i Description: Very cool looking low sprawling shrubs, which in most cases look like ground covers. Although the main look of the … [Read more...]
