naturalizedPoaceae
Anthoxanthum odoratum
sweet vernal grass
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Anthoxanthum odoratum, known as sweet vernal grass, is a short-lived perennial grass that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia. It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant, due to its sweet scent, and can also be found on unimproved pastures and meadows. The specific epithet odoratum is Latin for 'odorous'.
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Seasonality
Only 4 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 12 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 37 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 128 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 44 · GBIF 25 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 38 · GBIF 14 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 26 · GBIF 21 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 15 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 8 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 4 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 7
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamiloloa (Government) · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 4
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū Uka · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Waikolu · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kawela · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honokaia · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻala · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Nuʻu · MauiGBIF 1
Makakupa‘ia · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Kūkaʻiau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honokōwai · MauiGBIF 1
Kawela · MolokaʻiGBIF 1