Kauai Violet (Viola kauaensis var. wahiawaensis)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Violaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 140736
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Kauai Violet (Viola kauaensis var. wahiawaensis) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Kauai Violet can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Kauai Violet (Viola kauaensis var. wahiawaensis)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

01/01/2010

weeds pigs motorcycles competition with alien plants such as Juncus planifolius and Pterolepis glomerata risk of extinction from naturally occurring and/or reduced reporductive vigor due to the small number of existing populations and individuals

01/01/2010

individuals in 1 population, Kauai, Wahiawa bog 2200' fewer than 100 individuals are known to remain in Kanaele Swamp. Another eight plants are on a nearby ridge.