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Plant Profile

Wavy Cyanea (Cyanea undulata)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Campanulaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 134700
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

The Wavy Cyanea or Leechleaf Cyanea is an unbranched shrub with unique wavy-margined leaves and yellowish flowers. Orange hairs cover the flowers and the undersides of the leaves.

Where is Wavy Cyanea (Cyanea undulata) located in the wild?

Habitat:

This Cyanea species grows along the bank of a tributary.

Distribution:

This shrub is found in the wet forests of the Wahiawa Drainage Basin area in southern Kauai.

States & Provinces:

Wavy Cyanea can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Wavy Cyanea (Cyanea undulata)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Clarice Mendoza

09/07/2017

Current threats include habitat degradation from feral pigs and introduced invasive species.

Clarice Mendoza

09/07/2017

Less than 6 individuals can be found in this species' native habitat.

Nellie Sugii

01/01/2010

Pigs, rats, collectors, competition from alien plants, and a limited gene pool are all considered as threats to this species' existence.

Nellie Sugii

01/01/2010

Possibly extinct today, there were 3-4 individuals in two isolated populations on private land but this number fluctuates.