naturalizedPontederiaceae
Pontederia crassipes
common water hyacinth
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Eichhornia crassipes, commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin, and is often a highly problematic invasive species outside its native range.
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Seasonality
Only 16 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 54 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 196 · GBIF 216 records
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 117 · GBIF 127 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 13 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 10 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 5 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Wailau, Nīnole, Kaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honuʻapo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokalani · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻohe 5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waialeʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hīleaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 2
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahilipalinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Haina · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻena · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wailuaiki · MauiGBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1