Geranium hanaense is a small, prostrate (spreading) shrub that is usually less than 0.6 m tall, with occasional individuals up to 1.5 m tall. Branches root as they spread. The alternate leaves are covered densely with long, silky hairs on both the upper and lower surfaces, and the margins are entire except at the apex with 3 to 5 shallow teeth. It produces 3- to 10-flowered inflorescences, with most having six flowers. The flowers are white or white with purple-magenta lines radiating throughout and 8 to 15 mm long. The fruit is septicidal and elastically dehiscent capsules separating into as many segments as carpels, a portion of the style splitting off from the remainder of the stylar column and forming an awn that recurves upward from the persistent central column, usually remaining attached to the apex; sometimes the awn also becomes spirally coiled; awn usually hygroscopic; immature carpel bodies ca. 3 mm long; densely pubescent. The seeds are presumably 1 per cell; smooth or reticulate; endosperm usually scanty or absent; rarely copious and oily. It occurs in montane bogs on the northeast slope of east Maui between 1,645-1,660 meters.
Bean-shaped (Reniform): Resembling the shape of a kidney or bean.
Square or Oblong: Angular shape with all sides more or less equal or longer than wide.
Triangular: Three-sided shape, broadest below the middle.
Elliptic: Rounded at both ends. shaped like an ellipse or oval.
Ovate or Obovate: egg-shaped, broader at one end.
Linear: Extremely long and narrow, with sides usually parallel.
Round: Appears circular, with length and width roughly the same.
Cardioid (Heart-Shaped): One edge has a prominent double curve into two lobes.
Cylindrical: A cylinder with parallel sides and a circular cross-section.
Discoid: Resembling a disc or plate with two relatively flat surfaces.
Fusiform: Spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends.
Globose: Spherical.
Lenticular: Resembling a lens with two convex surfaces.
Ovoid: Egg-shaped.
Plano-convex: Having a flat ventral (planar) surface and a curved dorsal (convex) surface.
Polygonal: Having more than three flat faces meeting at angles.
Sectoroid: Resembling a segment of an orange with two relatively flat faces and one curved face.
Subglobose/ellipsoid: Inflated shape but less than spherical.
Trigonous: Having three faces that meet at a distinct angle; triangular in cross-section.
Endangered species (E) are species that are so rare they’re in danger of becoming extinct.
Threatened species (T) are species that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
Species of Concern (SOC) are species about which there are some concerns regarding status and threats, but insufficient information is available to list the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Plant Extinction Prevention (PEP) is a state status for rare plants that focuses its efforts on species that have fewer than 50 remaining wild individuals.
Orthodox seeds (desiccation-tolerant): can be dried to an internal seed moisture of less than 12% water and stored at freezing temperatures.
Intermediate seeds (temperature-sensitive) tend to age faster than orthodox seeds and may have only a 5-year lifespan when stored at -20°C. They are recommended for storage at 5°C.
Recalcitrant seeds (desiccation-sensitive): cannot be stored in a conventional freezer as they cannot survive after drying and/or freezing at -20°C. They are recommended for cryopreservation storage.