Hibiscus kokio
endemicMalvaceae

Hibiscus kokio

koki‘o ‘ula

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

Hawaiian hibiscus are seven species of hibiscus regarded as native to Hawaii. The yellow hibiscus is Hawaii's state flower. Although tourists regularly associate the hibiscus flower within experiences visiting the US state of Hawaii, and the plant family Malvaceae includes a relatively large number of species that are native to the Hawaiian Islands, those flowers regularly observed by tourists are generally not the native hibiscus flowers. Most commonly grown as ornamental plants in the Islands are...

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Seasonality

Only 23 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 72 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 86 · GBIF 53 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 2
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 1
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kahauiki · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Olowalu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1