endemicAsteliaceae
Astelia menziesiana
Pua'akuhinia
Astelia menziesiana is a species of plant in the Asteliaceae family that is endemic to the state of Hawaii in the United States. Hawaiian names for the plant are kaluaha, paʻiniu, or puaʻakuhinia. It is a non-woody, clumping plant that grows from 1 to 3 feet in width/height. The plant can grow on tree branches and trunks as an epiphyte or in the ground. Leaves are silvery-green or green on top; undersides may be white, gold...
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Where documented · 60 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 287 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 57 · GBIF 79 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 53 · GBIF 43 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 17 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 7 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 11 ✓
Aʻapueo · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kawela · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 10 ✓
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Naholoku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kamalō · MolokaʻiGBIF 5
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 5
Kahanui · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hoʻokena · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikolu · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 3
Makahanaloa, Pepeʻekeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pauahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paunau · MauiGBIF 2
Kehena 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Honokōhau · MauiGBIF 2
Koʻolau · MauiGBIF 2
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kalalau · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Wailau · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Nakula · MauiiNat 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kauaʻula · MauiGBIF 1
Aki · MauiGBIF 1
Kapuaoko‘olau · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Mūʻolea · MauiGBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Keawanui · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamiloloa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 1
Makanalua · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻāpahu · MauiGBIF 1
Pelekunu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Waipunalei · HawaiʻiGBIF 1