Plantago asiatica
indigenousPlantaginaceae

Plantago asiatica

Asian plantain

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Plantago asiatica, is a self-fertile, perennial flowering plant of genus Plantago. It is in flower from July to August. The plant is native to East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, etc.). It grows really well in disturbed areas like roadsides or even dirt roads.

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Seasonality

Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 56 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 190 · GBIF 98 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 49 · GBIF 15
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 34 · GBIF 15
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 7
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 5
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 8
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 3
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hīleanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1