Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_geranium_kauaiense
Nohoanu
Geranium kauaiense
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About Nohoanu
A low reclining shrub that roots in mossy bog habitat, with reddish-brown stems and small alternate oblong-to-wedge-shaped leaves. The upper leaf surface is smooth, the underside silky, and only the tip bears three to five teeth. Small terminal clusters carry white flowers with purple veins. Immature fruit has hairy segments and an elongated style. 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
- Geranium kauaiense
- Hawaiian names
- nohoanu · hinahina
- Other names
- Geranium kauaiense · nohoanu · hinahina
- 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. Seeds were not seen in the regional account. Do not invent seed structures or a fully mature fruit; preserve tip-only leaf teeth.
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; Decumbent subshrubs; stems reddish brown, slender, often rooting at the nodes, growing embedded in moss mats or other bog plants, often rooting at the nodes, 5-10 dm long, branches covered with persistent stipules, leafy only at ends.
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 reclining shrub that roots in mossy bog habitat, with reddish-brown stems and small alternate oblong-to-wedge-shaped leaves. The upper leaf surface is smooth, the underside silky, and only the tip bears three to five teeth. Small terminal clusters carry white flowers with purple veins. Immature fruit has hairy segments and an elongated style. 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.