Plants on Northwest islands

36 plant profiles in this island category.

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Bacopa monnieri

ʻAeʻae

Baby tears, Dwarf bacopa, Water hyssop, Waterhyssop

No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Moist 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Boerhavia repens

Alena, Anena, Nena

Red spiderling

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 No data available.

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Capparis sandwichiana

Maiapilo, Pilo, Pua pilo, Puapili

Caper bush, Hawaiian caper, Native caper

Endemic At Risk
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Shrub, Small, 2 to 6

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Cenchrus agrimonioides

Kāmanomano, Kūmanomano

Agrimony sandbur, Laysan agrimony sandbur, Sandbur

Endemic Federally Listed
🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 🏝️ Lānaʻi 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Chenopodium oahuense

Alaweo, Alaweo huna (Niʻihau), Kāhaʻihaʻi, ʻAhea, ʻĀheahea, ʻĀhewahewa, ʻĀweoweo

Hawaiian goosefoot

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Cyperus javanicus

ʻAhuʻawa, ʻEhuʻawa

Java sedge, Javanese flatsedge, Marsh cyperus

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Cyperus laevigatus

Ehuʻawa, Makaloa, Makoloa

Smooth flatsedge

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Eragrostis paupera

Dwarf bunchgrass, Dwarf eragrostis, Dwarf lovegrass, Lovegrass, Oʻahu lovegrass

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Northwest Islands 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Eragrostis variabilis

Kalamālō, Kāwelu, ʻEmoloa

Lovegrass, Variable lovegrass

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Euphorbia celastroides

Koko, Kōkōmālei, ʻAkoko, ʻEkoko

Endemic
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Euphorbia celastroides

Koko, Kōkōmālei, ʻAkoko, ʻEkoko

Endemic
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Fimbristylis cymosa

Mauʻu ʻakiʻaki

Button sedge, Tropical fimbry

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Guilandina bonduc

Hihikolo, Kākalaioa

Gray nickerbean, Gray nickers, Hawaiian pearls

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Medium, 6 to 10

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Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis

Puhuehue, Pōhuehue

Bayhops, Beach morning glory, Goat foot, Goat's foot, Goats foot, Railroad vine

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Lepidium bidentatum var. o-waihiense

Kūnānā, Naunau, ʻĀnaunau, ʻĀnounou

Kūnānā pepperwort, Peppergrass, Pepperweed, Pepperwort

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Lipochaeta integrifolia

Nehe

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Panicum torridum

Hākonakona, Kākonakona

Torrid panic grass, Torrid panicgrass

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Portulaca lutea

ʻIhi

Yellow purslane

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Portulaca villosa

ʻIhi

Hairy purslane

Endemic At Risk
🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 🏝️ Lānaʻi 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Pritchardia remota

Hāwane, Loulu, Noulu, Wāhane

Nīhoa fan palm, Nīhoa palm, Nīhoa pritchardia

Endemic Federally Listed
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Northwest Islands 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Tree 📏 Tree, Small, 15 to 30

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Psilotum nudum

Moa, Moa nehele, Pipi, ʻOʻō moa

Cocks crow, Forest moa, Upright whiskfern

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Fern/Fern-like, Short, Less than 1

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Rumex albescens

Huʻahuʻakō

Dock, Oʻahu dock, Sorrel

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Northwest Islands 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 No data available.

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Santalum ellipticum

ʻIliahi aloʻe, Lāʻau ʻala, ʻIliahialoʻe

Coast sandalwood, Coastal sandalwood

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Tall, Greater than 10

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Scaevola taccada

Aupaka, Huahekili, Naupaka, Naupaka kahakai, Naupaka kai

Beach naupaka, Naupaka

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Sesbania tomentosa

ʻOhai, ʻŌhai

Oʻahu riverhemp

Endemic Federally Listed
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Sesuvium portulacastrum

ʻĀkulikuli

Sea purslane, Sea-purslane, Seaside purslane, Shoreline sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Sida fallax

ʻIlima

ʻIlima

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Solanum americanum

ʻOlohua, Polopolo, Pōpolo, Pōpolohua

Glossy nightshade

No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Herbaceous, Medium, 1-3

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Solanum nelsonii

Pōpolo, ʻĀkia

Nelson's horsenettle

Endemic At Risk
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Sporobolus virginicus

Mahiki, Māhikihiki, Mānienie, Mānienie maoli, Mānienie māhikihiki, Mānienie ʻakiʻaki, ʻAki, ʻAkiʻaki

Beach dropseed, Saltgrass, Sand couch, Seashore dropseed, Seashore rush grass, Seashore rushgrass

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Waltheria indica var. americana

Hala ʻuhaloa, Hiʻaloa, Kanakaloa, ʻAlaʻala pū loa, ʻUhaloa

Sleepy morning

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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