Paspalum conjugatum
naturalizedPoaceae

Paspalum conjugatum

Hilograss

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Paspalum conjugatum, commonly known as carabao grass or hilo grass, is a tropical to subtropical perennial grass. It is originally from the American tropics, but has been naturalized widely in tropical Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands. It has also spread to Northern Africa and Northern and Eastern Australia. It is also known as sour paspalum, T-grass (after the shape of their panicle), or more confusingly, as "buffalo grass" or "sour grass".

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Seasonality

Only 1 phenology-annotated observation exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 95 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 285 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 42 · GBIF 54
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 33 · GBIF 41
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 11
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 8
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 5
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 3
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 7
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 6
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Aukuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kaūmana · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puumoi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1