’Ilima flowers (Sida fallax) are native to Hawaii as well as other Pacific islands and China. In Hawaii the flowers are used in leis and highly regarded in Hawaiian culture. Butterflies like them a lot too.
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‘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.
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