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Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis
Also called Hau Kuahiwi
Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis (Hualalai hau kuahiwi) is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii.
It inhabits dry and mixed mesic forests on the slopes of Hualālai at elevations of 915–1,020 m (3,002–3,346 ft). Associated plants include ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), lama (Diospyros sandwicensis), māmane (Sophora chrysophylla), naio (Myoporum sandwicense), ʻālaʻa (Planchonella sandwicensis), pāpala (Charpentiera spp.), ʻaiea (Nothocestrum spp.), poʻolā (Claoxylon sandwicense), and Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum).
Hau kuahiwi · Lava hau kuahiwi · Kauai hau kuahiwi · Kilauea hau kuahiwi · Stellar Hau Kuahiwi · Maui hau kuahiwi · Wood's hau kuahiwi · Hau Kuahiwi
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
