Cyanea pinnatifida
Hāhā or Sharktail cyanea
Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)
Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oʻahu)
IUCN: Extinct in the Wild
Oʻahu (Cultivated)
Photo shows flowers at the end of the blooming period.
Leaves
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4742748553/in/datetaken-...
Cyanea is an endemic Hawaiian genus of lobeliads with 80 or so species.
Etymology
The generic name Cyanea is from the Greek, cyaneos, blue, referring to the supposedly blue flowers of the type species, Cyanea grimesiana, which in reality are white or to purplish.
The Latin specific epithet pinnatifida is defined as "pinnately divided almost to the midrib."
Cyanea pinnatifida
Hāhā or Sharktail cyanea
Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)
Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oʻahu)
IUCN: Extinct in the Wild
Oʻahu (Cultivated)
Photo shows flowers at the end of the blooming period.
Leaves
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4742748553/in/datetaken-...
Cyanea is an endemic Hawaiian genus of lobeliads with 80 or so species.
Etymology
The generic name Cyanea is from the Greek, cyaneos, blue, referring to the supposedly blue flowers of the type species, Cyanea grimesiana, which in reality are white or to purplish.
The Latin specific epithet pinnatifida is defined as "pinnately divided almost to the midrib."