Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_chenopodium_oahuense
ʻāweoweo
Chenopodium oahuense
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About ʻāweoweo
ʻāweoweo (Chenopodium oahuense) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Shrub or small tree about 0.9–3 m or taller, with older stems streaked deep red.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomy, nativity, island-level occurrence, growth form, names, and source conservation assessments are documented in the 2026 census audit. Broader ecology and conservation recommendations still require claim-level source review. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Chenopodium oahuense
- Common names
- aweoweo
- Hawaiian names
- ʻāweoweo
- Other names
- aweoweo · Chenopodium oahuense · Atriplex oahuensis · Chenopodium oahuense var. discosperma · Chenopodium oahuense f. macrospermum · Chenopodium oahuense f. microspermum · Chenopodium pekeloi · Chenopodium sandwicheum · Chenopodium sandwicheum f. macrospermum
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessments vary among included taxa: Endangered; Apparently Secure; U.S. source statuses: No Status. Rank-specific review required.
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld. Growth-form tags describe the taxon across its range, not a measured Kauaʻi population. Checklist source statuses are not a new legal-status determination. Conservation assessments differ among included lower-rank taxa; no single rank is inferred for the whole species.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coastal dry shrubland · Dunes · Disturbed native lowlands
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Tree; Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Invasive grasses, development, fire
- Conservation actions
- Dry coastal restoration and seed-source tracking
- Monitoring
- Dry coastal restoration and seed-source tracking
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻāweoweo (Chenopodium oahuense) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Shrub or small tree about 0.9–3 m or taller, with older stems streaked deep red.
