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Splitleaf cyanea

Cyanea grimesiana

Splitleaf cyanea
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0

Cyanea grimesiana is a rare, endangered Hawaiian shrub in the bellflower family, known from only a few sites on Oahu and Molokai. It is seldom grown, and its care is best handled as a shade-loving, cool-climate greenhouse or conservatory plant.

Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich potting mix with some added bark or perlite.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (Oʻahu, Molokai)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cyanea grimesiana is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name splitleaf cyanea. It is native to Oahu and Molokai, where it is known from 12 occurrences. It is a federally listed endangered species. Like other Cyanea it is known as haha in Hawaiian.

Other Cyanea plants

Honolulu cyanea · 'aku · Gingerleaf cyanea · Spleenwort cyanea · O'ahu cyanea · Treetrunk cyanea · Koolau Range rollandia · Long-foot cyanea · Ravine cyanea · Eleele cyanea · Cyanea gibsonii · Smooth cyanea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyanea grimesiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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