Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_plantago_princeps
Hawaiian plantain
Plantago princeps
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About Hawaiian plantain
laukahi kuahiwi is a herb shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Plantago princeps
- Common names
- Hawaiian plantain
- Hawaiian names
- Laukahi kuahiwi
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wet cliffs · Waterfalls · Montane wet sites
- 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
- Herb shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Pigs, weeds, hydrologic shifts, landslides
- Conservation actions
- Protect wet cliff habitats and monitor populations
- Monitoring
- Protect wet cliff habitats and monitor populations
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- laukahi kuahiwi is a herb shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
