Ageratum conyzoides
naturalizedAsteraceae

Ageratum conyzoides

billygoat weed

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Ageratum conyzoides (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and considered an invasive weed in many other regions. It is an herb that is 0.5–1 m. high, with ovate leaves 2–6 cm long, and flowers are white to mauve.

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Seasonality
51 flowering · 2 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak March) fruiting (peak February)

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 · 125 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 288 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 22 · GBIF 55
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 22 · GBIF 14
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 9
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 5
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 10
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 8
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 8
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Honokahua · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honopueo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Showing the 120 most-documented of 125.