Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_jacquemontia_sandwicensis
Oval-leaf Clustervine
Jacquemontia sandwicensis
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About Oval-leaf Clustervine
pāʻū o Hiʻiaka is a vine in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Jacquemontia sandwicensis
- Common names
- Oval-leaf Clustervine
- Hawaiian names
- Pāʻū o Hiʻiaka
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Order
- Solanales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coastal strand · Dunes · Dry lowlands
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Vine
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Trampling, beach grooming, invasive groundcovers, erosion
- Conservation actions
- Coastal strand restoration and visitor-impact management
- Monitoring
- Coastal strand restoration and visitor-impact management
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- pāʻū o Hiʻiaka is a vine in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
