#kanaloa kahoolawensis

DLNR: Critically rare native plant on Kahoʻolawe finds success in cultivation

Native Hawaiians have tended a relationship with the critically endangered native Hawaiian plant—Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa (Kanaloa kahoolawensis)— for over a thousand years. Now the rest of the world can experience and learn about it online at a new website dedicated to telling its story of resilience. 

UH: Propagation saves rare endangered species from extinction in Hawaiʻi

A species of plant declared extinct in the wild on Kahoʻolawe in 2015, has found new life thanks to seeds collected and propagated by experts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.