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Geniostoma pumilum, the Kauaʻi labordia, is a rare endangered shrub endemic to the Alakai Plateau on Kauaʻi, Hawaii, found in bog habitat. It is not a practical garden plant and is rarely cultivated, so growing it depends on conservation or specialist propagation.
Geniostoma pumila, the Kauaʻi labordia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the Loganiaceae family. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is found only on Kauaʻi. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other labordias, this plant is known as kamakahala.
This is a shrub producing cymes of up to 15 orange flowers. It grows in the typical bog habitat of the Alakai Plateau.
Kamakahala · Geniostoma gagnae · Kamakahala · Hutton's Geniostoma · Geniostoma kaalae · Geniostoma lydgatei · Geniostoma macrophyllum · Geniostoma petiolosum · Geniostoma rapense · Geniostoma rupestre var. glaberrimum · Hangehange · Geniostoma rupestre
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geniostoma pumilum 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.
