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Updated 4/5/2013

Family Convolvulaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Jacquemontia ovalifolia subsp. sandwicensis

Ka'ena Point, Oahu

 

Makapu'u, Oahu

 

Lana'i Lookout, Oahu

Kaloko, Oahu

PA'UOHI'IAKA

Small trailing vine abundant on dry rocky coasts & cliffs.  Plants may be shiny or covered with dense silver hairs.  Flower 0.75 inch wide.  Endemic Hawaiian subspecies.  Jacquemontia ovalifolia ovalifolia occurs in Mexico, the Caribbean & Africa.