indigenousPoaceae
Eragrostis variabilis
kawelu
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Eragrostis variabilis is a species of grass known by the common names variable lovegrass, kawelu, emoloa, and kalamalo. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it occurs on all the main islands plus Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Lisianski Island, Laysan, and Nihoa.
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Seasonality
Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 3 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 35 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 104 · GBIF 131 records
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 27 · GBIF 20 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 18 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 16 · GBIF 11 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 9 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 9
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waimea · NiʻihauGBIF 6
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kahanui · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 3
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaka · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kanaio · MauiGBIF 2
N/A · KahoʻolaweGBIF 2
Pālāwai · LānaʻiGBIF 2
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Mohopilo · MauiGBIF 1
Kamalō · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kalaupapa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Waiʻono · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahana · MauiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1