Desmodium incanum
naturalizedFabaceae

Desmodium incanum

creeping beggarweed

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

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Seasonality
29 flowering · 9 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak November) fruiting (peak December)

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.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 107 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 291 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 27 · GBIF 46
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 45 · GBIF 25
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 20
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 11
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 10
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 9
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 10
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 7
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 4
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honokalani · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kikahi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1