ʻIlieʻe
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Plumbago zeylanica
Native Indigenous
A ground cover with little white sticky flowers that give us a clue about how the plant might have arrived before humans! Juice from the roots were used as a navy blue-black color dye for tattoos, traditionally called ʻuhi.