indigenousBoraginaceae
Heliotropium anomalum
Polynesian Heliotrope
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Heliotropium anomalum is a species of flowering shrub in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Christmas Island, Saipan, Tinian, Wake Island and New Caledonia. Common names include Polynesian heliotrope, Pacific heliotrope and hinahina kū kahakai (Hawaiian). H. a. var. argenteum is the official flower of the island Kahoʻolawe in Hawaii.
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Seasonality
Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 43 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 62 · GBIF 89 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 9 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Haʻikū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Malaekahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻOʻoma 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · NiʻihauGBIF 2
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Pālāʻau · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1
Pāʻā · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌhikilolo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahanahāiki · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keālia · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌiʻo 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kīpū Kai · KauaʻiGBIF 1