Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_geniostoma_waialealae
Kāmakahala Lau Liʻi
Geniostoma waialealae
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About Kāmakahala Lau Liʻi
A compact, much-branched, hairy shrub with small concave, wrinkled leaves and rounded leaf tips. Yellow tubular flowers have pale hairs inside. Small ovoid capsules have keels toward the top and two or sometimes three valves. Seeds are brown with a net-like surface. 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
- Geniostoma waialealae
- Hawaiian names
- kāmakahala lau liʻi
- Other names
- Geniostoma waialealae · kāmakahala lau liʻi
- 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.
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; Compact or sometimes openly branched shrubs 0.3-2 m tall; stems angled, many-branched, moderately short-hispid.
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 compact, much-branched, hairy shrub with small concave, wrinkled leaves and rounded leaf tips. Yellow tubular flowers have pale hairs inside. Small ovoid capsules have keels toward the top and two or sometimes three valves. Seeds are brown with a net-like surface. 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.