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Plant Profile

White Kauai Hibiscus (Hibiscus waimeae ssp. waimeae)

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Malvaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 138315
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

White Kauai Hibiscus is a shrub/tree with fragrant white flowers with a red to pink staminal column in the center. This plant is one of the only hibiscus species in the world known to have fragrant flowers.

Where is White Kauai Hibiscus (Hibiscus waimeae ssp. waimeae) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Diverse mesic forests

Distribution:

Native to the northwestern part of the island of Kauaʻi in Hanakāpīʻai, Limahuli, and Kalihi Wai valleys.

States & Provinces:

White Kauai Hibiscus can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve White Kauai Hibiscus (Hibiscus waimeae ssp. waimeae)?

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Chicago Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/19/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Endemic to Kauai.
Most common on leeward Kauai. Occurs only in a few spots on windward Kauai.
Most plants are in dry and mesic forests.