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Cyrtandra paludosa
Also called Kanawao Ke`oke`o, Kanawao Keʻokeʻo
Cyrtandra paludosa is a native Hawaiian shrub or small tree in the African violet family, found on most of the Hawaiian islands. It is a wet-forest plant rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited to general cultivation of Cyrtandra species.
Cyrtandra paludosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Hawaii. It is found on all the Hawaiian islands except Lanai.
Cyrtandra albiflora · Cyrtandra argentii · Bailey's Cyrtandra · Cyrtandra biflora · Cyrtandra calyptribracteata · Cyrtandra cleopatrae · Kahana Valley cyrtandra · Cyrtandra cumingii · Mapele · Cyrtandra decurrens · Mountain cyrtandra · Cyrtandra elegans
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyrtandra paludosa 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.
