Pa`u o hi`iaka   Jacquemontia ovalifolia

Family:  Convulvaceae

Description:  This groundcover is in the morning glory family and will form a dense mat in cultivation. The light purple flowers add an attractive element to any landscape. This vine thrives in the heat of coastal and lower elevations, though it will do fine in the full sun at mid elevations. Though the water requirements for this plant are very low, in the landscape, the more water, the better it looks. Takes well to pruning as it easily roots at the nodes and does best in a well drained soil. When planting as a groundcover, plant individual plants 12" apart. We grow this plant from cuttings.

(close up of flowers)

(growth habit in the wild)

(coastal population with -- Hinahina Heliotropium anomolum)

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