Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_achyranthes_divaricata
Kuluʻī
Achyranthes divaricata
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About Kuluʻī
Kuluʻī (Achyranthes divaricata) is recorded as an established shrub on Kauaʻi. A densely branched shrub about 0.3–2 metres tall, covered in closely pressed silvery hairs. Narrow to elliptic leaves occur in opposite pairs. Its terminal flowering system divides into spreading branches bearing spikes; the small fruits remain enclosed by the persistent floral covering. Documented component of native vegetation; wild-population survival, recruitment and occupied vegetation cover provide measurable conservation endpoints.
Kauaʻi evidence
Established island occurrence follows the Bishop Museum checklist. Diagnostic morphology follows Smithsonian Hawaiian Flora; accepted identity follows Kew WCVP. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Achyranthes divaricata
- Hawaiian names
- kuluʻī
- Other names
- Achyranthes divaricata · kuluʻī · Nototrichium divaricatum
- 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
- Current extent and island effect sizes are unassessed. Public occurrence remains island-level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Lowland and montane mesic forest
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Local pollinators, flowering schedules, seedling establishment and recruitment rates are not independently assessed.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Repeated counts of wild recruits and mature plants; Native vegetation cover in comparison plots. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island population extent and trend · Quantified local environmental effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Kuluʻī (Achyranthes divaricata) is recorded as an established shrub on Kauaʻi. A densely branched shrub about 0.3–2 metres tall, covered in closely pressed silvery hairs. Narrow to elliptic leaves occur in opposite pairs. Its terminal flowering system divides into spreading branches bearing spikes; the small fruits remain enclosed by the persistent floral covering. Documented component of native vegetation; wild-population survival, recruitment and occupied vegetation cover provide measurable conservation endpoints.