Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_sida_fallax
Golden Mallow
Sida fallax
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About Golden Mallow
ʻilima is a shrub herb 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
- Sida fallax
- Common names
- Golden Mallow · Yellow ʻIlima
- Hawaiian names
- ʻilima
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Order
- Malvales
- 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 strand · Dry shrubland · Disturbed lowland native sites
- 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 herb
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Invasive grasses, development, trampling
- Conservation actions
- Coastal/dryland restoration and seed collection
- Monitoring
- Coastal/dryland restoration and seed collection
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻilima is a shrub herb in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
