Campanulaceae

Molokai ohaha

Brighamia rockii St.John

Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Brighamia

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Molokai ohaha: Brighamia rockii (leaves). Location: Maui, Hoolawa Farms — Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Molokai ohaha, Puaiala, Puaíala
Estonian: Rocki vulkaanikell
Tamil: பிரிகாமியா ராக்கி

Synonyms

Brighamia remyi St.John
Brighamia rockii f. longiloba H.St.John

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wiliwili Hawaiian plants, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wiliwili Hawaiian plants, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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.