Schiedea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 35 species which are endemic to Hawaii.

The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island. It was named S. haakoaensis in 2022.

Species

• Schiedea adamantis H.St.John – Diamond Head schiedea (Oahu, Hawaii)

• Schiedea amplexicaulis H.Mann

• Schiedea apokremnos H.St.John

• Schiedea attenuata W.L.Wagner, Weller & Sakai

• Schiedea diffusa A.Gray

• Schiedea globosa H.Mann

• Schiedea haakoaensis

• Schiedea haleakalensis O.Deg. & Sherff

• Schiedea hawaiiensis Hillebr.

• Schiedea helleri Sherff

• Schiedea hookeri A.Gray

• Schiedea implexa (Hillebr.) Sherff

• Schiedea jacobii W.L.Wagner, Weller & A.C.Medeiros

• Schiedea kaalae Wawra – Maolioli (Oʻahu, Hawaii)

• Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John

• Schiedea kealiae Caum & Hosaka

• Schiedea laui W.L.Wagner & Weller

• Schiedea ligustrina Cham. & Schltdl.

• Schiedea lychnoides Hillebr.

• Schiedea lydgatei Hillebr.

• Schiedea mannii H.St.John

• Schiedea membranacea H.St.John

• Schiedea menziesii Hook.

• Schiedea nuttallii Hook.

• Schiedea obovata (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & Weller

• Schiedea pentandra W.L.Wagner & E.Harris

• Schiedea perlmanii W.L.Wagner & Weller

• Schiedea pubescens Hillebr.

• Schiedea salicaria Hillebr.

• Schiedea sarmentosa O.Deg. & Sherff

• Schiedea spergulina A.Gray

• Schiedea stellarioides H.Mann

• Schiedea trinervis (H.Mann) Pax & K.Hoffm.

• Schiedea verticillata F.Br. – Nīhoa carnation (Nīhoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)

• Schiedea viscosa H.Mann

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