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Its range was probably much larger in the past, but the habitat in which it evolved in, the native lowland dry forest, has been greatly impacted over the last 200 years. They are very eye-catching and attractive in a unique way.ĭistribution: Naturally, this plant is extremely rare and today on O’ahu is restricted to the coastal coral plains of Kalaeloa near Ewa, hence the name Hinahina Ewa and the mid-elevation dry forest of Makaha Valley as well as out at Ka’ena pt.

Its flowers (called spikelets) are arranged on soft spikes that protrude six to fourteen inches above the plant. This ‘ahinahina is very silvery in color, has soft rounded leaves and can reach a height of about six feet tall. In Hawaii, many plants that are silvery in color are called hinahina or have the word hinahina in its name. The reason for these names primarily has to do with its color. rotundataĪlso Known As: ‘Ahinahina Hinahina Hinahina Ewaĭescription: Although the Hawaiian name for this plant is not historically known, it is often referred to today as ‘Ahinahina, Hinahina or Hinahina Ewa. Scientific Name : Achyranthes splendens var. Other names for this plant include: ʻa ʻali ʻi ku makani, ʻa ʻali ʻi ku ma kua or kumakani. It is definitely clear that more work needs to be done on the classification of this species.

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We use this plant quite often in our restoration work especially on slopes and stream banks, the ʻa ʻali ʻi have pretty deep tap roots that act like structural pillars for slope support plus they’re tough plants that need practically no care once in the ground.Įxtra Info: In Hawai ʻi there are tons of varieties of this plant but all are classified as the same indigenous species, yet on every island, in every climate zone or elevation zone the plants will look different in some slight way from each other.

Looks great as an accent plant around large boulders, as specimen plants or even as a hedge, it is also very wind and drought resistant. Once planted and there are signs of new growth water can be cut back to once or twice every week.

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Landscape Uses and Care: This plant does best in full sun with well drained soil and minimal watering.

The beautiful wood of ʻa ʻali ʻi is very hard and is used for making smaller hand tools and weapons. These seed capsules vary in color from cream to yellow, green, pink all the way to deep dark maroon-red.ĭistribution: ‘A’ali’i is an indigenous plant with a range that starts in the dry coastal lowland areas where it was once the most dominant shrub and up into the wetter mesic forests, on all the main islands except for Kaho ʻolawe (where it most likely occurred in the past and presently it is being out planted there), and then dominant again in the upper dry forest and sub-alpine dry forests of Maui and Hawai ʻi.Ĭultural Uses: The seed capsules are highly valued for used in lei weaving, and the red capsules are used for making a red dye. However, the seed capsules that everyone loves for lei making and plant color only comes from the female flowers. These plants are mostly dioecious meaning that they’re usually separate male and female flowered plants, rarely they can be hermaphroditic having both flower types on the same plant. Description: A dense shrub (4-8 ft.) with small green leaves and tiny flowers that develop into star shaped papery seed capsules.

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