endemicPolygonaceae
Rumex skottsbergii
lava dock
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Rumex skottsbergii, or more commonly known as lava dock, is a shrub of the genus Rumex. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known as pawale. Pawale is often one of the first plants to be found on fresh lava flows and grows in extremely arid conditions.
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Seasonality
Only 17 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 14 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 169 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 113 · GBIF 95 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 38 · GBIF 31 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 20 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 11 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 12 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahue · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1