Astelia argyrocoma
endemicAsteliaceae

Astelia argyrocoma

pa'iniu

Endemic to Hawaiʻinative

Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.

Astelia argyrocoma is a species of astelia endemic to the highlands of Kauaʻi in the state of Hawaii, United States. This plant is found only in native Hawaiian tropical rainforests at higher elevations in forests dominated by ʻōhiʻa lehua trees.

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Seasonality

Only 15 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 19 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 141 · GBIF 140 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 98 · GBIF 81
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 11
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 11
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Hanakoa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1