- Ageratum spp. – Ageratum
- Alpinia purpurata – Red Ginger
- Alpinia zerumbet – Shell Ginger
- Ananas bracteatus – Red Pineapple
- Ananas comosus – Pineapple
- Anemone hupehensis – Japanese Thimbleweed
- Anthurium andraeanum – Anthurium
- Argemone glauca – Pua Kala
- Arthrostemma ciliatum – Pinkfringe
- Arundina graminifolia – Bamboo Orchid
- Asystasia gangetica ssp. micrantha – Small Chinese Violet
- Barleria repens – Coral Creeper
- Calathea burle-marxii – Ice Blue Calathea
- Calathea crotalifera – Rattlesnake Plant
- Canna indica – Indian Shot
- Castilleja arvensis – Field Indian Paintbrush
- Cibotium spp. – Hapu'u
- Commelina diffusa – Climbing Dayflower
- Costus comosus – Red Tower Ginger
- Costus speciosus – Crepe Ginger
- Costus woodsonii – Indian Head Ginger
- Crassocephalum crepidioides – Redflower Ragleaf
- Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora – Montbretia
- Desmodium intortum – Greenleaf Ticktrefoil
- Dichorisandra thyrsiflora – Blue Ginger
- Dicranopteris linearis – Old World Forkedfern
- Dioscorea bulbifera – Air Yam
- Emilia fosbergii – Florida Tasselflower
- Emilia sonchifolia – Lilac Tasselflower
- Epipremnum pinnatum – Golden Pothos
- Etlingera elatior – Torch Ginger
- Geranium homeanum – Australasian Geranium
- Hedychium coronarium – White Ginger
- Hedychium flavescens – Yellow Ginger
- Hedychium gardnerianum – Kahili Ginger
- Heliconia bihai – Macaw Flower
- Heliconia latispatha – Expanded Lobster Claw
- Heliconia psittacorum – Parakeet Heliconia
- Heliconia rostrata – Hanging Lobster Claw
- Heterotheca grandiflora – Telegraphweed
- Hibiscus schizopetalus – Coral Hibiscus
- Hippobroma longiflora – Madam Fate
- Ipomoea alba – Moonflower
- Ipomoea cairica – Mile A Minute Vine
- Ipomoea indica – Oceanblue Morning-glory
- Ipomoea ochracea – Fence Morning-glory
- Ipomoea triloba – Littlebell
- Justicia betonica – Squirrel's Tail
- Kalanchoe pinnata – Air Plant
- Ludwigia octovalvis – Mexican Primrose-willow
- Lycopodiella cernua – Staghorn Clubmoss
- Macroptilium atropurpureum – Purple Bushbean
- Macroptilium lathyroides – Wild Bushbean
- Mimosa pudica var. unijuga – Sensitive Plant
- Momordica charantia – Bitter Melon
- Monstera deliciosa – Monstera
- Musa acuminata – Banana
- Musa ornata – Flowering Banana
- Odontonema cuspidatum – Mottled Toothedthread
- Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa – Pink Wood Sorrel
- Phaius tancarvilleae – Nun's-hood Orchid
- Phymatosorus grossus – Musk Fern
- Pistia stratiotes – Water Lettuce
- Plumbago auriculata – Plumbago
- Polygonum capitatum – Pinkhead Smartweed
- Ricinus communis – Castor Bean
- Solanum americanum – American Black Nightshade
- Solenostemon scutellarioides – Coleus
- Spathoglottis plicata – Philippine Ground Orchid
- Sphagneticola trilobata – Wedelia
- Stachytarpheta spp. – Porterweed
- Strelitzia reginae – Bird of Paradise
- Tapeinochilos ananassae – Indonesian Wax Ginger
- Thunbergia alata – Blackeyed Susan Vine
- Tropaeolum majus – Nasturtium
- Verbascum blattaria – Moth Mullein
- Verbascum thapsus – Common Mullein
- Zingiber zerumbet – Shampoo Ginger
Herbs and Forbs
Herbs are non-woody herbaceous plants and forbs are broad-leaved herbs. Since forbs are a type of herb, forbs and herbs are generally included in the same growth habit category.
Listed below are some of the herbs and forbs found in Hawaii.