
endemicCampanulaceae
Brighamia rockii
Pua 'ala
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Brighamia rockii, known as the Molokai ohaha or Pua ʻala in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, that is endemic to the island of Molokaʻi in Hawaii. Pua ʻala inhabits mesic shrublands and forests on rocky cliffs from sea level to 470 m (1,540 ft) on the island's northern windward coast. Associated plants include ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), alaheʻe (Psydrax odorata), lama (Diospyros sandwicensis), ʻūlei (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia), and naupaka (Scaevola gaudichaudii).
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Gallery · 2 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 11 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 12 · GBIF 23 records
Pālāʻau · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keōpukaloa · MolokaʻiGBIF 5
Hoʻolehua · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 4
Kahanui · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapa‘akea · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīpū · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiGBIF 1

