Osteomeles anthyllidifolia
indigenousRosaceae

Osteomeles anthyllidifolia

ʻŪlei

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, commonly called ʻŪlei, eluehe, uʻulei, Hawaiian rose, or Hawaiian hawthorn, is a species of flowering shrub in the rose family, Rosaceae, that is indigenous to Hawaiʻi (all islands but Kahoʻolawe and Niʻihau), the Cook Islands, Tonga, Pitcairn Island, and Rapa Iti, Taiwan and the Ryukyu islands of Japan.

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Seasonality
29 flowering · 23 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak March) fruiting (peak May)

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.

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Where documented · 85 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 286 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 34 · GBIF 63
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 30 · GBIF 32
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 11 · GBIF 20
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 8
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 10
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 10
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 11
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Nuʻu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 6
Honokalani · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Paeahu · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Naholoku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kaulanamauna · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Mokulēʻia 2 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahauiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1