Scientific Name: Microlepia strigosa Indigenous: All HI Description: Medium sized ferns that grow to be about 2-3+ ft. tall. Fronds are very soft and are usually light to medium green in color. … [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...]
Papala
Scientific Name: Charpentiera obovata Also Known As: Hawai’i’s Pyrotechnic Plant Endemic: O’ahu, Moloka’i, Maui and Hawaii island Description: Exotic looking shubs to medium sized trees up … [Read more...]
Papala Kepau
Scientific Name: Pisonia umbellifera Indigenous: All HI except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe Description: Large shrubs or trees up to 30 ft. tall, loosely branched with big, dark green leaves. The … [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...]
Pawale
Scientific Name: Rumex skottsbergii Endemic: Hawaii Island Description: Very unique, medium sized shrubs three to five feet tall with bright red stems and fairly thick leaves that are usually … [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
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...]
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...]
Pohuehue
Scientific Name: Ipomea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis Also Known As: Beach Morning Glory Indigenous: All HI including most of the Northwestern Hawaiian islands Description: A prostrate vine, … [Read more...]