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Oahu schiedea

Schiedea kaalae

Oahu schiedea
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Native range
Hawaiian Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Schiedea kaalae, known as Oahu schiedea or Maʻoliʻoli in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 210–790 m (690–2,590 ft) in the Koʻolau and Waiʻanae Ranges. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Schiedea plants

Diamond Head schiedea · Kauai schiedea · Kalalau schiedea · Haleakala schiedea · Kaholuamanu schiedea · Sprawling schiedea · Kauai schiedea · Waianae Range schiedea · Kuawawaenohu · Kamalo Gulch schiedea · Papery schiedea · Valley schiedea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schiedea kaalae 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.

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