indigenousAsphodelaceae
Dianella sandwicensis
'uki'uki
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Dianella sandwicensis is a species of flax lily native to Hawaii and New Caledonia. In Hawaiian it is called ʻukiʻuki. Neal (1965) reports that historically, Hawaiians used the berries to make blue dye for kapa. They also used the leaves for thatching house walls.
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Seasonality
206 flowering · 248 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak May)■ fruiting (peak June)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
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Where documented · 76 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 286 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 78 · GBIF 124 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 22 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 10 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 7 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keālia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 4
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahanahāiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Kikahi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nuʻu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 2
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Pāʻā · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻalaea · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaluanui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Punaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kapālama · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1