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Kadua laxiflora is a rare, endangered Hawaiian subshrub in the coffee family, with fewer than 100 plants left in the wild on Molokai, Lanai and West Maui. It is not a plant to grow casually; it is protected and best left to conservation programs.
Kadua laxiflora is a species of rare flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names Mann's bluet and Hawaiian pilo. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Molokai, Lanai, and Maui. It is known to exist at four locations for a global population of under 100 plants. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
This is a subshrub with clusters of greenish white flowers. Threats to its existence include non-native plant species.
Variable starviolet · Cook's Bluet · Kadua cordata · Kio`ele · Kadua degeneri · Kadua parvula · Kadua romanzoffiensis · Kadua st-johnii · Kadua
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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.
