naturalizedCostaceae
Costus comosus
red tower ginger
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Costus comosus, known as red tower ginger, is a species of plant native to South Mexico to Ecuador.
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Seasonality
Only 7 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 · 71 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 199 records
Honopou · MauiiNat 100 · GBIF 102 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kauleolī 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻuwela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻĀʻamakaō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wākiu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Halehaku · MauiGBIF 2
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wailuaiki · MauiiNat 1
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Mailepai · MauiGBIF 1
Peahi · MauiGBIF 1
Kīkoʻo · MauiGBIF 1
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiGBIF 1
Kanahena · MauiGBIF 1
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kamalomaloʻo · KauaʻiGBIF 1