Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_viola_wailenalenae
Viola wailenalenae
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About Viola wailenalenae
A low usually unbranched native subshrub with slightly fleshy elliptic-ovate leaves clustered at shoot ends. Close hardened teeth curve inward along the margins. Thin triangular stipules have a conspicuously fringed edge. White flowers have a longer lower petal; elongated capsules contain obovoid seeds. 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
- Viola wailenalenae
- Other names
- Viola wailenalenae
- 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 broad leaves and fringed stipules, distinct from narrow-leaved Viola helenae. Seed color is not specified by the reviewed account.
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; Terrestrial or epiphytic, erect, usually unbranched subshrubs 1-5 dm tall, from a taproot, glabrous.
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 usually unbranched native subshrub with slightly fleshy elliptic-ovate leaves clustered at shoot ends. Close hardened teeth curve inward along the margins. Thin triangular stipules have a conspicuously fringed edge. White flowers have a longer lower petal; elongated capsules contain obovoid seeds. 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.