Hydrangea arguta
endemicHydrangeaceae

Hydrangea arguta

Kanawao

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

No written account yet for this species.

Seasonality
25 flowering · 13 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak September)■ fruiting (peak April)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 78 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 273 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 23 · GBIF 28 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 21 · GBIF 24 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 24 · GBIF 17 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 19 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 17 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawela · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hīleanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻawili · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻauʻau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓