Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyanea_recta
Hāhā
Cyanea recta
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About Hāhā
An unbranched shrub with narrow elliptic leaves, pale undersides and very fine marginal teeth. Small clusters carry densely hairy, nearly upright flowers that are purple or white with purple lengthwise stripes. The lower two anthers have white hair tufts. Obovoid ripe berries are purple. 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 recta
- Hawaiian names
- hāhā
- Other names
- Cyanea recta · 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. Retain the frozen regional species concept; do not merge the separate Cyanea salicina record or import combined-complex population counts.
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; Unbranched shrubs 1-1.5 m tall.
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
- An unbranched shrub with narrow elliptic leaves, pale undersides and very fine marginal teeth. Small clusters carry densely hairy, nearly upright flowers that are purple or white with purple lengthwise stripes. The lower two anthers have white hair tufts. Obovoid ripe berries are purple. 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.