"brasiliensis"), "Panicum torridum", "naupakas" ("Scaevola sericea"), "Sicyos pachycarpus", "ilima" ("Sida fallax"), and Nelson's horsenettle ("Solanum nelsonii").The plant grew during the moist, winter season from December through July in Nihoa's coastal dry shrubland habitat in shallow soil on rocky outcrops in exposed areas between .