Scaevola glabra, or 'ohe naupaka, exemplifies the changes that can come about from hybridization and from isolation, both from the source of the original colonist and from the other environments in which plants are found. This Scaevola bears little resemblance to the Scaevola found in coastal strand and other environments. It is found only on O'ahu and Kaua'i in wet forests. Photo by Lorin Gill

Scaevola sericea, or naupaka kahakai, an indigenous species which grows in coastal strand and dry shrubland environments.

Scaevola gaudichaudii, or naupaka kuahiwi, an endemic species which grows in dry, mesic, and wet forest environments. Photos by Riki Saito for Ho'omaluhia Park.

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