Abutilon pitcairnense leaves are by . The plant is native to unstable slopes, flowering from July to August. The plant is native to tiny Pitcairn Island (), a remote island between New Zealand and South America which is mostly known for being settled by the mutineers from the HMS "Bounty". After being considered extinct for twenty years, a single plant was found growing in native forest of "Homalium taypau" and "Metrosideros collina" in 2003. Vegetative propagation, along with seed from the plant, were used to establish a small population on the island's nursery, with some propagation material also being sent to Trinity
Mutiny on the Bounty and Valentine—19 men were crowded into the launch, leaving it dangerously low in the water with only seven inches of freeboard. The 25 men remaining on "Bounty" included the committed mutineers who had taken up arms, the loyalists detained against their will, and others for whom there was no room in the launch. At around 10:00 the line holding the launch to the ship was cut; a little later, Bligh ordered a sail to be raised. Their immediate destination was the nearby island of Tofua, clearly marked on the horizon by the plume of smoke rising from its volcano. Bligh