This is a list of the flora of Nihoa, an island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, part of the City & County of Honolulu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Nihoa is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and protected under the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Species | Common name | Status | |
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Nephrolepis multiflora | Sword fern | Naturalized alien | |
Pritchardia remota | Loulu | Endemic | |
Cenchrus echinatus | Sandbur | Naturalized alien | |
Eragrostis variabilis | ʻEmo-loa | Indigenous | |
Panicum torridum | Kākonakona | Indigenous | |
Paspalum sp. | Naturalized alien | ||
Setaria verticillata | Bristly foxtail | Naturalized alien | |
Tetragonia tetragonoides | New Zealand spinach | Naturalized alien | |
Amaranthus brownii | Endemic | ||
Heliotropium curassavicum | Nena | Indigenous | |
Schiedea verticillata | Nihoa carnation | Endemic | |
Chenopodium oahuense | ʻAweoweo | Indigenous | |
Ipomoea indica | Koaliʻawahia | Indigenous | |
Ipomoea pes-caprae | Beach morning glory | Indigenous | |
Sicyos pachycarpus | ʻĀnunu | Indigenous | |
Euphorbia celastroides | ʻAkoko | Indigenous | |
Sesbania tomentosa | ʻOhai | Indigenous | |
Sida fallax | ʻIlima | Indigenous | |
Boerhavia repens | Alena | Indigenous | |
Rumex albescens | Huʻahuʻakō | Indigenous | |
Portulaca lutea | ʻIhi | Indigenous | |
Portulaca oleracea | Common purslane | Naturalized alien | |
Portulaca villosa | Hairy purslane, ʻIhi | Indigenous | |
Solanum americanum | Popolo | Indigenous | |
Solanum nelsonii | Indigenous | ||
Tribulus cistoides | Nohu | Indigenous |