The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Dubautia waialealae
Also called Wai'ale'ale Dubautia, Na`ena`e, Naenae
A rare Hawaiian shrubby cushion plant in the silversword alliance, found only on the wet summit bogs of Mount Wai'ale'ale on Kaua'i. It needs constant moisture and cool, rainy conditions, so it is not a practical garden plant outside its native habitat.
Dubautia waialealae is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Wai'ale'ale dubautia. Like other Dubautia this plant is called na`ena`e.
Dubautia waialealae is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauai. One individual was seen outside the range, about 14 kilometers away, but this plant is now dead. A recent count estimates a total population of about 3000 plants.
Mauna Kea dubautia · Keaau Valley dubautia · Bog dubautia · Naenae · Kalalau rim dubautia · Smooth dubautia · Koholapehu · Kauai dubautia · Wahiawa Bog dubautia · Plantainleaf dubautia · Netvein dubautia · Rough dubautia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dubautia waialealae 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.
