Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyrtandra_heinrichii
Haʻiwale
Cyrtandra heinrichii
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About Haʻiwale
A low, often largely herbaceous subshrub with opposite broad elliptic to obovate leaves. Red-brown hairs occur on the lower leaf surface and its raised veins. Dense leaf-axil clusters carry white tubular flowers that scarcely exceed the closely enclosing, red-haired calyx. 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
- Cyrtandra heinrichii
- Hawaiian names
- haʻiwale · kanawao keʻokeʻo
- Other names
- Cyrtandra heinrichii · haʻiwale · kanawao keʻokeʻo
- 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 were not seen; do not invent them. An apparent corolla-lobe measurement error in the source is omitted.
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; Low subshrubs, often mostly herbaceous and growing on hanging cliffs, up to 2 ft 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
- A low, often largely herbaceous subshrub with opposite broad elliptic to obovate leaves. Red-brown hairs occur on the lower leaf surface and its raised veins. Dense leaf-axil clusters carry white tubular flowers that scarcely exceed the closely enclosing, red-haired calyx. 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.