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Plant Profile

Hawaiian Island Violet (Viola helenae)

Viola helenae, Kauai. Photo Credit: National Tropical Botanical Garden

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Violaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 141048
Lifeform: Shrub, Forb/herb, Subshrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 04/01/1990

Description:

small, erect, unbranched subshrub

Where is Hawaiian Island Violet (Viola helenae) located in the wild?

Habitat:

grows along stream banks

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Hawaiian Island Violet can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Hawaiian Island Violet (Viola helenae)?

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 07/24/23

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

This species has been found only in the Wahiawa Drainage of southern Kauai. Only 137 plants were located in a recent survey of the drainage. The primary threat to this species is competition from alien plants. Feral pigs also pose a threat.

01/01/2010

small numbers of restricted individuals feral pigs are a potential threat competition from alien plants

01/01/2010

ca. 15 individuals in 1 population on Kauai known from 2 populations totaling ca. 13 individuals