Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_nototrichium_sandwicense
Hawaiʻi Rockwort
Nototrichium sandwicense
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About Hawaiʻi Rockwort
Hawaiʻi Rockwort (Nototrichium sandwicense) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Shrub or small tree 1–4 m tall, rarely to 7 m, with one or several trunks covered in closely appressed silky gray hairs.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomy, nativity, island-level occurrence, growth form, names, and source conservation assessments are documented in the 2026 census audit. Broader ecology and conservation recommendations still require claim-level source review. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Nototrichium sandwicense
- Common names
- Hawaiʻi Rockwort · kului
- Hawaiian names
- Kuluʻī
- Other names
- Hawaiʻi Rockwort · Nototrichium sandwicense · Achyranthes sandwicensis · Nototrichium fulvum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. decipiens · Nototrichium sandwicense var. dubium · Nototrichium sandwicense var. forbesii · Nototrichium sandwicense var. helleri · Nototrichium sandwicense var. kavaiensis · Nototrichium sandwicense var. kolekolense · Nototrichium sandwicense var. lanaiense · Nototrichium sandwicense var. lanceolatum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. latifolium · Nototrichium sandwicense var. leptopodum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. longespicatum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. macrophyllum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. mauiense · Nototrichium sandwicense var. niihauense · Nototrichium sandwicense var. olokeleanum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. pulchelloides · Nototrichium sandwicense var. pulchellum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. subcordatum · Nototrichium sandwicense var. syrignifolium · Nototrichium viride · Nototrichium viride var. kalaupapae · Nototrichium viride var. oblongofolium · Nototrichium viride var. subtruncatum · Psilotrichum sandwicense · Psilotrichum sandwicense var. kavaiensis · Psilotrichum sandwicense var. longespicatum · Psilotrichum viride · Ptilotus sandwicensis · Ptilotus sandwicensis var. kavaiensis · Kuluʻī
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Apparently Secure; U.S. source status: No Status
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld. Growth-form tags describe the taxon across its range, not a measured Kauaʻi population. Checklist source statuses are not a new legal-status determination.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Dry lowland shrubland · Cliffs · Rocky slopes
- 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
- Tree; Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Fire, invasive grasses, browsing, development
- Conservation actions
- Dryland restoration and fire reduction
- Monitoring
- Dryland restoration and fire reduction
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Hawaiʻi Rockwort (Nototrichium sandwicense) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Shrub or small tree 1–4 m tall, rarely to 7 m, with one or several trunks covered in closely appressed silky gray hairs.
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