Native Hawaiian Plants

Resources RE: native Hawaiian plants [ websites ] [ books ]

Websites
- Hawaiian native plant propagation database (CTAHR/UH-Manoa)
- How to plant a native Hawaiian garden: an on-line handbook (State of Hawaii/OEQC)
- Native Plants Hawaii (NPH is a joint project between Kapiolani Community College and Leeward Community College, funded by a grant from the U.S. :Department of Agriculture.)
- Plants native to Hawaii (species information from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project [HEAR])
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Books
- Growing Hawaii's native plants: a simple step-by-step approach for every species. (2005. Lileeng-Rosenberger, Kerin E. Mutual Publishing. ISBN 1-56647-716-6.)
- Hawaii's native plants. (2004. Bohm, Bruce A. Mutual Publishing. ISBN 1-56647-666-6.)
- Manual of flowering plants of Hawaii - rev. ed. (Warren L. Wagner, Derral R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer)
- Growing native Hawaiian plants - A how-to guide for the gardener -rev. ed. (Heidi Bornhorst)
- Hawaii's ferns and fern allies (Daniel D. Palmer)
- A Tropical Garden Flora: Plants Cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and Other Tropical Places. (2005. Staples, George & Derral Herbst) (more details "coming soon") (Note: Not all the plants in this book are native to Hawaii, but there is good information about many native Hawaiian plants included.)
- Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants by John L. Culliney, Bruce P. Koebele. [ Google books ] [ from amazon ]
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Selected native Hawaiian plant species images & info
	*Achyranthes splendens*
	*Marsilea villosa* ('ihi'ihi)
	*Sesbania tomentosa* ('ohai)
	*Waltheria indica*

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This page was created on 03 August 2005 by PT, and was last updated on 30 October 2009 by PT. All photos and text at this website are copyright ©1997-2009 by Philip Anthony Thomas unless otherwise noted. The photographer(s) of the Achyranthes splendens thumbnail image is Forest & Kim Starr.