This is an endangered species found in the dry to mesic（栖于湿地的）forests of all main islands except Niihau（it was once reportedly collected from Kahoolawe（卡霍奥拉维岛（在夏威夷））．
State Flag州旗
夏威夷的州旗沿用夏威夷王国（1810－1893）的国旗，该旗看上去像在英国的国旗后面拉长8道红白蓝的条纹，这是因为最早来夏威夷的传教士是英国人的缘故。当时夏威夷国王想尊敬夏威夷和英国的友谊特意这样做的，而那8道条纹表示夏威夷王朝的8个大岛。
Hawaii’s state flag resembles the Union Jack of Great Britain because many of King Kamehameha’s advisors were British and the islands were once placed under England’s protection．
The flag consists of eight horizontal（地平线的，水平的）stripes，representing the eight major islands，and the British Union Jack．It has served as the flag of the kingdom，republic，territory（领土，版图，地域），and the state of Hawaii．
Hawaii，an independent kingdom（1810－1893）
Before the English explorer Captain James Cook came to the Hawaiian Islands in 1776，the Hawaiians did not use flags．They instead displayed distinctive marks．In 1794，King Kamehameha of Hawaii was given a British flag by Captain George Vancouver．It is believed that he was the first to raise a flag in Hawaii．Until 1816，Hawaii was under British protection．
The flag was designed at the request of King Kamehameha I．It has eight stripes of white，red and blue that represent the eight main islands．The flag of Great Britain is emblazoned（用纹章装饰，颂扬，盛饰）in the upper left corner to honor Hawaii’s friendship with the British．
Chronology：
1．1794－1816Hawaii flew Union Jack as its National Flag
2．1816－1843Hawaii flew early version of present flag
3．25Feb－31July 1843British occupation；all Hawaiian Flags were destroyed
4．31July 1843King Kamehameha III spoke his famous prayer of thanksgiving，a part of which serves today as the State Motto while a Hawaiian Flag that included a dove（鸽子）and olive branch（橄榄枝）was hoisted．
5．20May 1845present Hawaiian Flag adopted
6．1Feb－1April 1893US Flag flown in Hawaii
7．1894Republic of Hawaii readopts Hawaiian Flag
8．1898－1959Territory of Hawaii uses Hawaiian Flag（confirmed 1903）
9．1959－present State of Hawaii uses Hawaiian Flag（confirmed 1959）
State Song州歌
Hawaii Ponoi
Hawaii ponoi Nana i kou，moi
Kalani Alii，ke Alii．
Makua lani e Kamehameha e
Na kaua e pale Me ka i he．
（TRANSLATION）
Hawaii’s own true sons，be loyal to your chief
Your country’s liege（君主，臣民）and lord
（统治者，［宗］上帝），the Alii．
Father above us all，Kamehameha，
Who guarded in the war with his i he．
Facts and Trivia相关资料
1．The state of Hawaii consists of eight main islands：Niihau，Kauai，Oahu，Maui，Molokai，Lanai，Kahoolawe and the Big Island of Hawaii．
2．Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of the earth．Hawaii is 2，390miles from California；3，850miles from Japan；4，900miles from China；and 5，280miles from the Philippines．
3．Hawaii is the only state that grows coffee．
4．More than one－third of the world’s commercial supply of pineapples comes from Hawaii．
5．There are only 12letters in the Hawaiian alphabet．
Vowels：A，E，I，O，U
Consonants：H，K，L，M，N，P，W
6．From east to west Hawaii is the widest state in the United States．
7．The Hawaiian Islands are the projecting tops of the biggest mountain range in the world．
8．Honolulu’s zenith（顶点，最高点）star，（the star that rises directly above it）is Arcturus（［天］大角星）．The Hawaiians called it Hokule’a．（Hoe koo lay uh．）
9．Under－sea volcanoes that erupted（喷出）thousands of years ago formed the islands of Hawaii．
10．The Hawaiian Archipelago（群岛，多岛海）consists of over 130scattered points of land stretching some 1，600miles in length from the Kure Atoll in the north to the Island of Hawaii in the south．
11．The first Asian American in the United States Senate was Hawaii’s Hiram Fong．Descended from Chinese immigrants，Fong was elected to the Senate in 1959．
12．Hawaii was the 50th state admitted to the union on August 20th，1959．
13．Island flowers and colors used to represent each island．
Niihau —Pupu Shell—White
Kauai—Mokihana（Green Berry）—Purple
Oahu—Ilima—Yellow
Maui—Lokelani（Pink Cottage Rose）－Pink
Molokai—White Kukui Blossom—Green
Lanai —Kaunaoa（Yellow and Orange Air Plant）—Orange
Kahoolawe—Hinahina（Beach Heliotrope）—Grey
Big Island of Hawaii—Lehua Ohia—Red
14．Hawaii has its own time zone（时区）（Hawaiian Standard Time．）There is no daylight savings time．）The time runs two hours behind Pacific Standard Time and five hours behind Eastern Standard Time．
15．There are four counties in Hawaii（Kauai；city and county of Honolulu；Maui；and Hawaii）．Each city has a mayor and council in charge．
16．All subterranean（地下的）minerals belong to the state．Except for state owned water，some lava（熔岩，火山岩）stone，and minor granites（花岗岩）and semi－precious minerals，there are few underground minerals．
