Campanulaceae
Purple cyanea
Cyanea macrostegia
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Cyanea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Purple cyanea
Synonyms
- Cyanea atra Hillebr.
- Cyanea bicolor H.St.John
- Cyanea hanaensis H.St.John
- Cyanea macrostegia var. parvibracteata Rock
- Cyanea mariana E.Wimm.
- Delissea atra (Hillebr.) H.St.John
- Delissea bicolor (H.St.John) H.St.John
- Delissea globosa H.St.John
- Delissea hanaensis (H.St.John) H.St.John
- Delissea latior H.St.John
- Delissea macrostegia (Hillebr.) H.St.John
- Delissea macrostegia var. parvibracteata (Rock) H.St.John
- Delissea mariana (E.Wimm.) 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: Kevin Faccenda, 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 
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.