Scientific Name: Myoporum sandwicense Also Known As: False sandalwood Indigenous: All HI except Kaho’olawe; 1 Endemic subspecies: O’ahu Description: Depending on which island you are on or … [Read more...]
Naio papa
Scientific Name: Myoporum sandwicense Indigenous: South point, Hawaii Description: Naio papa is a crawling ground cover with dark green, glossy leaves and tiny white flower clusters that emerge … [Read more...]
Nanea
Scientific Name: Vigna mariana Also Known As: Beach Pea Indigenous: All HI except Lana’i and Kaho’olawe Description: An herbaceous plant that becomes woody towards the base; it can either … [Read more...]
Naupaka papa
Scientific Name: Scaevola coriacea Endemic - Endagered Description: A slow-growing prostrate ground cover no more than 6 inches tall with succulent, glossy, dark-green leaves and typical naupaka … [Read more...]
Nohu
Scientific Name: Tribulus cistoides Indigenous Description: Low-growing ground cover with bright yellow flowers that average in 2 inches in diameter. Once pollinated flowers develop in … [Read more...]
Pamakani
Scientific Name: Tetramalopium lepidotum subsp. lepidotum Endemic - Endangered Species Description: Small compact shrubs about a foot tall with soft, featherlike leaves. Its flowers protrude … [Read more...]
Pau o Hiiaka
Scientific Name: Jaquemontia ovalifolia subsp. sandwicense Also Known As: “The skirt of Hiiaka” Endemic subspecies: All HI Description: Prostrate strand plants with small, alternating leaves … [Read more...]
Pili
Scientific Name: Heterogpogon contortus Description: Pili grass forms bunches or tufts of light blueish-green leaf blades which range in height from two to three ft. tall. Their flowers, although … [Read more...]
Pohinahina; Polinalina; Kolokolo Kahakai; Mawanawana
Scientific Name: Vitex rotundifolia Description: A sprawling shrub (2-3ft.) with rounded leaves that are silvery-green in color on top and whitish underneath. Small purple flowers form clusters … [Read more...]
Popolo (nelsonii)
Scientific Name: Solanum nelsonii Endemic Description: A large shrub or small tree up to 12 feet tall with light green to almost yellowish foliage. Each leaf is rough in … [Read more...]
