''Cyanea angustifolia'' is a plant in the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

'' Cyanea'' that is found in

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only ...

.Cyanea angustifolia
Native plants Leaves of this species, as well as the endangered ʻakuʻaku (''

Cyanea platyphylla ''Cyanea platyphylla'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Campanulaceae, bellflower family known by the common names puna cyanea and flatleaf cyanea. It is Endemism, endemic to the island of Hawaii (island), Hawaii, where there are fewer ...

''), were wrapped in ti (kī) leaves, cooked in an ʻimu and eaten in times of food scarcity by early Hawaiians. Cyanea angustifolia (4822098517)

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angustifolia Plants described in 1833 Endemic flora of Hawaii {{Campanulaceae-stub