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Hawai'i lady's nightcap

Bonamia menziesii

Also called Hawaii Lady's Nightcap

Hawai'i lady's nightcap
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Hawaiian Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bonamia menziesii, commonly known as Hawaiʻi lady's nightcap, is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a vine or twisting liana with branches that inhabits steep slopes and level ground in Hawaiʻi.

Where it grows

Bonamia menziesii is endemic to six of the main Hawaiian Islands: Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Kauaʻi. It thrives in dry to mesic forests at elevations between 150 and 625 m (492 and 2,051 ft). The plant typically grows on steep slopes, cliff edges, and occasionally on well-drained flat ground.

Other Bonamia plants

Bonamia alatisemina · Bonamia brevifolia · Bonamia elegans · Bonamia erecta · Bonamia fruticosa · Florida lady's nightcap · Bonamia linearis · Bonamia media · Bonamia oblongifolia · Bigpod lady's nightcap · Bonamia pannosa · Bonamia pilbarensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bonamia menziesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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