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Cyanea kuhihewa
Also called Haha
Limahuli Valley cyanea (Cyanea kuhihewa, haha) is a very rare Hawaiian treelet in the bellflower family, known from only two mature plants on Kaua'i. Growing it well means mimicking its shaded, moist, steep-slope forest home.
Cyanea kuhihewa is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Limahuli Valley cyanea. It is endemic to Kauai, where only two mature plants are known from a single wild population. Like other Cyanea it is known as haha in Hawaiian.
This species belongs to the genus Cyanea, a Hawaiian lobelioid group of plants that evolved within the Hawaiian Islands. Cyanea kuhihewa has become an important focus of conversation efforts, since it's considered one of the rarest plant species in the Hawaiian Islands due to its small population size and restricted geographic range. Conservation efforts focus on habitat protection, invasive species control, and propagation to increase the population.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyanea kuhihewa 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.
