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