endemicUrticaceae

Touchardia latifolia

olonā

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

Touchardia latifolia, commonly known as olonā in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering shrub in the nettle family, Urticaceae. T. latifolia is endemic to Hawaii and inhabits mesic valleys and wet forests at elevations of 70–1,200 m (230–3,940 ft). Typical to many Hawaiian plants, the olonā does not have the stinging hairs of its mainland cousins. It is found on all the main Hawaiian islands except Kahoʻolawe and Niʻihau. Olonā has alternate leaves whose shape greatly varies depending...

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Seasonality

Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 2 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 50 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 42 · GBIF 99 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 7
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 8
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waipā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1