:Viola kauaensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status = G2

|status_system = TNC

|genus = Viola (plant)

|species = kauaensis

|authority = A.Gray

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Viola kauaensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the violet family known by the common names Kauai violet and pohe hiwa. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai and Oahu.[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Viola+kauaensis Viola kauaensis.] The Nature Conservancy.

This plant grows in bogs on Kauai and wet mountain habitat in the Koʻolau Range on Oahu.

There are three varieties of this plant. Viola kauaensis var. kauaensis is distributed in bogs and cloud forests in northwestern Kauai. Viola kauaensis var wahiawaensis (nani wai`ale`ale) is distributed on Kauai. In 2003 there were two populations totalling only 13 individuals.USFWS. [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc2429.pdf Viola kauaensis var. wahiawaensis Five-year Review.] June 2009. Viola kauaensis var. hosakae is a rare variety on Oahu.{{Cite journal|title = Viola kauaensis var. hosakae (Violaceae), a new variety of endemic Hawaiian violet|url = https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=1538|journal = PhytoKeys|pmc = 4152890|pmid = 25197224|pages = 35–48|doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.39.6500|first1 = J.|last1 = Havran|first2 = Susan Ching|last2 = Harbin|first3 = Talia|last3 = Portner|year = 2014|issue = 39 | doi-access=free }}