Gesneriaceae
'ilihia
Cyrtandra platyphylla
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Genus
- Cyrtandra
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- 'ilihia
Synonyms
- Cyrtandra baccifera C.B.Clarke
- Cyrtandra begoniifolia Hillebr.
- Cyrtandra clarkei Vatke ex Skottsb.
- Cyrtandra cordata H.St.John
- Cyrtandra cordifolia var. gynoglabra Rock
- Cyrtandra crinalis H.St.John
- Cyrtandra hillebrandii C.B.Clarke
- Cyrtandra malacophylla var. erosa Rock
- Cyrtandra mattiensis Rock
- Cyrtandra mauiensis Rock
- Cyrtandra mauiensis var. truncata Rock
- Cyrtandra ovatiloba H.St.John
- Cyrtandra petila H.St.John
- Cyrtandra pickeringii var. waiheae Rock
- Cyrtandra platyphylla var. hiloensis Rock
- Cyrtandra waiheae (Rock) H.St.John
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Riley Pollom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Will Sides, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick T., CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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.