Clermontia hawaiiensis
endemicCampanulaceae

Clermontia hawaiiensis

‘ōhā kēpau

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

Clermontia hawaiiensis, the ʻŌhā kēpau, is a species of Hawaiian lobelioid endemic to Hawaiʻi island, where it grows in Hawaiian tropical rainforests. Like other Hawaiian lobelioids, it is highly susceptible to damage from invasive grazing mammals such as feral pigs.

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Seasonality

Only 24 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 9 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 73 · GBIF 59 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 21 · GBIF 20
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 20 · GBIF 15
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 8
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 3
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1