''Cyanea platyphylla'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the
bellflower family known by the common names puna cyanea and flatleaf cyanea. It is
endemic to the island of
Hawaii, where there are fewer than 100 plants remaining in the wild.
[''Cyanea platyphylla''.]
The Nature Conservancy. It is a federally listed
endangered species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...
. Like other ''
Cyanea'' it is known as ''haha'' in
Hawaiian.
[Hawaiian Native Plant Genera: ''Cyanea'']
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This Hawaiian lobelioid
The Hawaiian lobelioids are a group of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, subfamily Lobelioideae, all of which are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. This is the largest plant radiation in the Hawaiian Islands, and indeed t ...
is a shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
reaching 3 meters in maximum height. It bears white, red, or red-striped yellowish flowers.[
The plant grows in wet forests, including those on the eastern slopes of Mauna Loa, ]Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea ( or ; ; abbreviation for ''Mauna a Wākea''); is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Its peak is above sea level, making it the highest point in the state of Hawaii and second-highest peak of an island on Earth. The peak is ...
, and Kīlauea. It is threatened by degradation of its habitat by feral pigs, cattle, and exotic plant species
Exotic may refer to:
Mathematics and physics
* Exotic R4, a differentiable 4-manifold, homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the Euclidean space R4
*Exotic sphere, a differentiable ''n''-manifold, homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the ordinar ...
.[
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References
External links
USDA Plants Profile
platyphylla
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Biota of Hawaii (island)
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