Asteliaceae
Pua'akuhinia
Astelia menziesiana
- Family
- Asteliaceae
- Genus
- Astelia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pua'akuhinia
Synonyms
- Astelia degeneri Skottsb.
- Astelia forbesii Skottsb.
- Astelia forbesii subsp. fallax Skottsb.
- Astelia forbesii subsp. nivea Skottsb.
- Astelia forbesii subsp. pachysperma Skottsb.
- Astelia menziesiana subsp. fallax Skottsb.
- Astelia menziesiana subsp. nivea Skottsb.
- Astelia menziesiana subsp. pachysperma Skottsb.
- Astelia menziesiana var. depauperata Skottsb.
- Astelia pachysperma (Skottsb.) Skottsb.
- Astelia pachysperma subsp. fallax (Skottsb.) Skottsb.
- Astelia veratroides Gaudich.
- Astelia veratroides subsp. macrosperma Skottsb.
- Astelia veratroides var. gracilis Skottsb.
- Astelia veratroides var. purpurea Skottsb.
- Funckia menziesiana (Sm.) Kuntze
- Hamelinia veratroides (Gaudich.) A.Rich.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photographers: Forest & Kim Starr., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.