
endemicAsteraceae
Argyroxiphium kauense
Mauna Loa Silversword
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
No written account yet for this species.
Seasonality
Only 6 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Where documented · 12 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 80 · GBIF 61 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 26 · GBIF 12 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 19 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 12 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Mohokea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1