Scientific Name: Bacopa monieri Indigenous Description: Dense, flat growing ground cover with light green leaves and blueish white flowers. Landscaping Uses and Care: Water regularly for a … [Read more...]
Akiaki
Scientific Name: Sporobolus virginicus … [Read more...]
Akoko
Scientific Name: Chamaesyce celasroides Endemic: All of HI including Nihoa Description: Prostrate groundcovers two feet tall or less or erect shrubs up to six feet with thick, glabrous leaves. … [Read more...]
Akulikuli
Scientific Name: Sesuvium portulacastrum Inigenous: All HI Description: The akulikuli plant is a very low crawling ground cover. It has very succulent green leaves with bright red stems and … [Read more...]
Alaalawainui
Scientific Name: Peperomia blanda Indigenous : All the main islands except Kahoolawe Description: A low growing very succulent plant that grows up to about 10 inches tall with fleshy, light … [Read more...]
Alena
Scientific Name: Boerhavia repens Indigenous Description: Somewhat succulent herbs with a thick center root from which prostrate stems branch out radially. Leaves are small and … [Read more...]
Carex
Scientific Name: Carex wahuensis Endemic: Kaua’i, O’ahu, Maui, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Hawaii Description: Graceful sedges that form thick clumps and reach heights close to two feet tall, however, the … [Read more...]
Costal Lysimachia
Latin: Lysimachia mauritiana Description: A low crawling herbaceous groundcover with light green, succulent leaves and white flower clusters. The leaves emerge radially out from the center giving … [Read more...]
Hinahina
Scientific Name: Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum Indigenous: All HI Description: A prostrate ground cover with one of the nicest smelling flower clusters of all the native Hawaiian plants. … [Read more...]
Ihi
Scientific Name: Portulaca lutea Indigenous: Northwestern H.I., Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, and Hawaii Description: Prostrate herbs with thick stems and tightly arranged, alternating leaves … [Read more...]