Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyanea_kahiliensis
Hāhā
Cyanea kahiliensis
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About Hāhā
A branched shrub with narrow elliptic to oblong, shallowly scalloped leaves on long stalks. Clusters of eight to ten slender, nearly upright or slightly curved flowers are white, sometimes with greenish or purple tint. The staminal column projects slightly from the tube. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cyanea kahiliensis
- Hawaiian names
- hāhā
- Other names
- Cyanea kahiliensis · hāhā
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Berries and seeds are unknown in the reviewed account.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Shrubs, 1-4.6 m tall. Stems branched, glabrous.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A branched shrub with narrow elliptic to oblong, shallowly scalloped leaves on long stalks. Clusters of eight to ten slender, nearly upright or slightly curved flowers are white, sometimes with greenish or purple tint. The staminal column projects slightly from the tube. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.