Hedychium coronarium
naturalizedZingiberaceae

Hedychium coronarium

Butterfly ginger lily

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Hedychium coronarium (white garland-lily or white ginger lily) is a perennial flowering plant in the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family native to the Eastern Himalayas region of India (Sikkim), Nepal and Bhutan through northernmost Myanmar and Thailand, southern China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong) to Taiwan in the East. It is typically found growing in the forest understory where the pseudostems may reach 1-3m in height arising from below ground rhizomes and in its native environment flowering...

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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 · 86 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 253 records
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 32 · GBIF 32
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 21
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 15
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 16
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 11 · GBIF 12
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 9 · GBIF 12
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 13
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Waikoekoe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Waikapū · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kaiwikinui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Puʻuhaoa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kahanui · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nuʻu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waineʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1