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Dianella sandwicensis
Dianella sandwicensis, the Hawaiian lily or ʻukiʻuki, is a flax lily native to Hawaii and New Caledonia, grown for its blue-purple leaves and fragrant flowers. The sources describe it as a ground-growing plant on ridges, not an epiphyte, so the Kew epiphyte tag conflicts with the other sources.
Dianella sandwicensis, the Hawaiian lily, is a species of flax lily native to Hawaii and New Caledonia. In Hawaiian it is called ʻukiʻuki. Neal (1965) reports that historically, Hawaiians used the berries to make blue dye for kapa. They also used the leaves for thatching house walls.
When sterile, Dianella sandwicensis is similar in appearance to Machaerina angustifolia.
Commonly found in the ridges on Oahu, Maui, and Kauai. It has not been confirmed, but it is entirely possible that this specific trope of Dianella is also found in the Marquesas, according to Brown's specimen collection.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dianella sandwicensis 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.
