naturalizedCostaceae
Costus woodsonii
Red Button Ginger
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Costus woodsonii, the red button ginger or scarlet spiral flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae, native to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. A rhizomatous geophytic perennial, it is recommended for coastal gardens, borders, containers, and general wet, tropical garden applications. It is more widely cultivated than other species of Costus. Costus woodsonii was first described by Paul Maas in 1972 and is named for Robert Woodson of the Missouri Botanical...
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Seasonality
Only 14 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 3 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 73 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 295 records
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 39 · GBIF 66 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 36 · GBIF 41 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 25 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 19 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 14 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 13 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 9 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 10 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 7 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 11
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻoiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuanui · MauiGBIF 3
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Māhukona, Hihiu, K · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 2
Waipiʻonui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokeana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Puua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiGBIF 1
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Mākao · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Peahi · MauiGBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 1
Kawela · MauiGBIF 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1