Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_artemisia_kauaiensis
ʻĀhinahina
Artemisia kauaiensis
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About ʻĀhinahina
ʻĀhinahina (Artemisia kauaiensis) is recorded as an established shrub on Kauaʻi. A small, broadly branching subshrub with numerous low to upright stems, usually 15–40 centimetres long. Gray-green leaves divide deeply into fine segments. Small composite flower heads form slender, relatively leafless clusters just above the foliage; the fruits are tiny ribbed achenes. 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
- Artemisia kauaiensis
- Hawaiian names
- ʻāhinahina · hinahina
- Other names
- Artemisia kauaiensis · ʻāhinahina · hinahina · Artemisia hillebrandii var. kauaiensis
- 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
- Not yet assessed
- 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
- ʻĀhinahina (Artemisia kauaiensis) is recorded as an established shrub on Kauaʻi. A small, broadly branching subshrub with numerous low to upright stems, usually 15–40 centimetres long. Gray-green leaves divide deeply into fine segments. Small composite flower heads form slender, relatively leafless clusters just above the foliage; the fruits are tiny ribbed achenes. Documented component of native vegetation; wild-population survival, recruitment and occupied vegetation cover provide measurable conservation endpoints.