Cyrtandra grandiflora. Hawai`i, O`ahu, Ko`olau Mountains, Pia Gulch. Plant 1. The inflorescences are borne mainly along the leafless older stems.

Cyrtandra grandiflora Gaudichaud

Hawaiian names: ha`iwale

Family: Gesneriaceae - the African violet family

Habit: a shrub.

Habitat: mesic to wet forest in gulch bottoms and on lower gulch slopes.

Native; endemic to southern Ko`olau Mountains and the northern Wai`anae Mountains.

 

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