Verbena litoralis
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Verbena litoralis

Seashore vervain

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Verbena litoralis is a species of verbena known by the common names seashore vervain and Brazilian vervain, and in Hawaiian, ōwī. It is native to the Americas from Mexico south through Central and South America to Argentina and Chile. It is present throughout the world as an introduced species and in some areas a noxious weed. It is naturalized in the contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Mauritius, the Galápagos Islands, Australia,...

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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 · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 78 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 191 · GBIF 154 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 33 · GBIF 18
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 13
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 15
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 6
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 5
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 6
Wailuku · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 3
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 4
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5
Kaluanui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 1
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Makawao · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kawela · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punanue · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū Uka · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hāliʻimaile · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1