This beautiful yellow ray of sunshine is one of Hawaii's indigenous plants. It is not listed on the endangered list.
Kingdom- Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom- Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision- Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division- Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class- Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass- Asteridae
Order- Lamiales
Family- Boraginaceae – Borage family
Species- Cordia subcordata Lam. – kou
References
Portulaca+lutea - plants of Hawaii - Starr Environmental. (n.d.). Retrieved November 27, 2022, from http://www.starrenvironmental.com/images/search/?q=Portulaca%2Blutea
Native Plants Hawaii - Viewing Plant : Portulaca lutea. (n.d.). Retrieved November 27, 2022, from http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Portulaca_lutea/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_lutea