Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_artemisia_australis
Oʻahu Wormwood
Artemisia australis
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About Oʻahu Wormwood
ʻāhinahina is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Artemisia australis
- Common names
- Oʻahu Wormwood · Wormwood
- Hawaiian names
- ʻāhinahina
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coastal and dry shrubland
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Invasive grasses, fire, development
- Conservation actions
- Dry/coastal restoration and seed collection
- Monitoring
- Dry/coastal restoration and seed collection
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻāhinahina is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
