Goodeniaceae

Naupaka kuahiwi

Scaevola chamissoniana Gaudich.

Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola

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Naupaka kuahiwi: Naupaka kuahiwi or Chamissos' scaevola Goodeniaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaiʻi Island NPH00002 nativeplants.hawaii — Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Naupaka kuahiwi, Chamissos' scaevola, Mountain naupaka
Hawaiian: Naupaka, Naupaka kuahiwi

Synonyms

Lobelia chamissoniana Kuntze
Lobelia cylindrocarpa Kuntze
Scaevola cylindrocarpa Hillebr.
Scaevola dielliana Gaudich. ex K.Krause
Temminckia chamissoniana de Vriese

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 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: 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

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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.