Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyanea_habenata
Hāhā
Cyanea habenata
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About Hāhā
A branched endemic shrub with narrow elliptic to oblong leaves, dark green above and lighter below, and finely toothed, often rolled margins. Small clusters carry gently curved white tubular flowers faintly tinged purple, with slender lobes and an exserted staminal column. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cyanea habenata
- Hawaiian names
- hāhā
- Other names
- Cyanea habenata · hāhā
- 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
- Island-level public occurrence only. Berries and seeds are unknown in the reviewed account; do not invent them.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Shrub, 2.4 m tall. Stems branched, glabrous.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A branched endemic shrub with narrow elliptic to oblong leaves, dark green above and lighter below, and finely toothed, often rolled margins. Small clusters carry gently curved white tubular flowers faintly tinged purple, with slender lobes and an exserted staminal column. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.