‘Ilima (Sida fallax) is an indigenous plant that has different forms. It can be a groundcover or a shrub and it can have different colored flowers. The top two photo show the shrub form, while the bottom two are of the groundcover.

I often see this groundcover in the same areas as the Jacquemontia sandwicensis vine.

For more information, go to http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Sida_fallax.

This plant, officially called Sida fallax, does well in tough coastal growing conditions, hugging the ground as it spreads. In other situations, it can grow as a shrub.

For more information about this plant, go to www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/sid-fall.htm.