KOKEE Spencer Kashiwa, lead conservation field technician for the Kokee Resource Conservation Program (KRCP), at the behest of program coordinator Katie Cassel, shared a picture and a little information of one of the unique plants and flowers of Kokee.
KOKEE — Spencer Kashiwa, lead conservation field technician for the Kokee Resource Conservation Program (KRCP), at the behest of program coordinator Katie Cassel, shared a picture and a little information of one of the unique plants and flowers of Kokee.
The plant is Lysimachia glutinosa, a native primrose family member (Primulaceae) can be found in Kokee and nowhere else in the world. The Hawaiian name for this species is unknown, but given its abundance, it most likely had a specific name. Other closely related species have the name kolokolo kuahiwi. The species name, glutinosa, means “sticky,” which is accurately named for the tacky flowers, buds and new leaves, Kashima wrote in an e-mail.
