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Lamiaceae

Nehe kuhiwa

Phyllostegia electra C.N.Forbes

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Phyllostegia

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Nehe kuhiwa: (No known Hawaiian name) Lamiaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauaʻi only) Uncommon Kauaʻi
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Nehe kuhiwa

Synonyms

  • Phyllostegia adenophora H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia capitata H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia fagerlindii (Sherff) H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia fayi H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia mollis var. fagerlindii Sherff

Characteristics

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

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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.