Campanulaceae

Prickly cyanea

Cyanea horrida (Rock) O.Deg. & Hosaka

Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Cyanea

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Prickly cyanea: Cyanea horrida (Haha, cyanea) Spines on stems at Greenhouse Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. November 25, 2011 #111125-1419 Image Use Policy — Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Prickly cyanea, Holokea

Synonyms

Cyanea ferox var. horrida Rock
Cyanea lobata var. hamakuae Rock
Delissea horrida (Rock) H.St.John
Delissea kipahuluensis H.St.John
Delissea lobata var. hamakuae (Rock) H.St.John

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Rankin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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.