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Melinis repens

(Willd.) Zizka (1988)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Melinis

Natal grass, Natal redtop

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Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Melinis repens subsp. repens

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Naturalized
Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Naturalized
Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Kaho'olawe Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Biblioth. Bot. 38(138): 55 (1988)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
2 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
3 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
4 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
5 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
6 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
7 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
8 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
9 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
10 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
11 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
12 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
13 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
14 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
15 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
16 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
17 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
18 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
19 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
20 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
21 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
22 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
23 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
24 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
25 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
26 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
27 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
28 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
29 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
30 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
31 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
32 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
33 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
34 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
35 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
36 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
37 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
38 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
39 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
40 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
41 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
42 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
43 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
44 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
45 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
46 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
47 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
48 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
49 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
50 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
51 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
52 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
53 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
54 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
55 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
56 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
57 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
58 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
59 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
60 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
61 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
62 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
63 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
64 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
65 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
66 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
67 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
68 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
69 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
70 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
71 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
72 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
73 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
74 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
75 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
76 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
77 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
78 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
79 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
80 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
81 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
82 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
83 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
84 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
85 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
86 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
87 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
88 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
89 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
90 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
91 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
92 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
93 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
94 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
95 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
96 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
97 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
98 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
99 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
100 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
101 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
102 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
103 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
104 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
105 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
106 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
107 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
108 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
109 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
110 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
111 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
112 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
113 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
114 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
115 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
116 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
117 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
118 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
119 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
120 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
121 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
122 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
123 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
124 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
125 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
126 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
127 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
128 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
129 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
130 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
131 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
132 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
133 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
134 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
135 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
136 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
137 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
138 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
139 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
140 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
141 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
142 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
143 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
144 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
145 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
146 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
147 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
148 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
149 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
150 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
151 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
152 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
153 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
154 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
155 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
156 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
157 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
158 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
159 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
160 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
161 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
162 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
163 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
164 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
165 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
166 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
167 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
168 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
169 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
170 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
171 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
172 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
173 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
174 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
175 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
176 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
177 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
178 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
179 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
180 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
181 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
182 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
183 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
184 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
185 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
186 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
187 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
188 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
189 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
190 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
191 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
192 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
193 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
194 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
195 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
196 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
197 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
198 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
199 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
200 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
201 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
202 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
203 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
204 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
205 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
206 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
207 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
208 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
209 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
210 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
211 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
212 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
213 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
214 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
215 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
216 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
217 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
218 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
219 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
220 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
221 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
222 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
223 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
224 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
225 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
226 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
227 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
228 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
229 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
230 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
231 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
232 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
233 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
234 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
235 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
236 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
237 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
238 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
239 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
240 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
241 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
242 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
243 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
244 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
245 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
246 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
247 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
248 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
249 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
250 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
251 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
252 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
253 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
254 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
255 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
256 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
257 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
258 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
259 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
260 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
261 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
262 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
263 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
264 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
265 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
266 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
267 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
268 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
269 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
270 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
271 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
272 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
273 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
274 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
275 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
276 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
277 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
278 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
279 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
280 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
281 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
282 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
283 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
284 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
285 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
286 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
287 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
288 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
289 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
290 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
291 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
292 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
293 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
294 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
295 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
296 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
297 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
298 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
299 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
300 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
301 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
302 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
303 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
304 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
305 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
306 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
307 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
308 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
309 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
310 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
311 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
312 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
313 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
314 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
315 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
316 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
317 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
318 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
319 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
320 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
321 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
322 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
323 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
324 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
325 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
326 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
327 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
328 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
329 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
330 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
331 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
332 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
333 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
334 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
335 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
336 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
337 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
338 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
339 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
340 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
341 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
342 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
343 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
344 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
345 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
346 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
347 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
348 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
349 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
350 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
351 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
352 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
353 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
354 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
355 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
356 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
357 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
358 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
359 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
360 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
361 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
362 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
363 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
364 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
365 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
366 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
367 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
368 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
369 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
370 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
371 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
372 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
373 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
374 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
375 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
376 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
377 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
378 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
379 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
380 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
381 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
382 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
383 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
384 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
385 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
386 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
387 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
388 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
389 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
390 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
391 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
392 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
393 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
394 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
395 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
396 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
397 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
398 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
399 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
400 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
401 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
402 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
403 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
404 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
405 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
406 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
407 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
408 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
409 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
410 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
411 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
412 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
413 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
414 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
415 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
416 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
417 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
418 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
419 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
420 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
421 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
422 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
423 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
424 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
425 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
426 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
427 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
428 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
429 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
430 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
431 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
432 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
433 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
434 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
435 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
436 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
437 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
438 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
439 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
440 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
441 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
442 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
443 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
444 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
445 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
446 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
447 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
448 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
449 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
450 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
451 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
452 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
453 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
454 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
455 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
456 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
457 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
458 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
459 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
460 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
461 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
462 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
463 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
464 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
465 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
466 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
467 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
468 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
469 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
470 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
471 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
472 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
473 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
474 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
475 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
476 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
477 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
478 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
479 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
480 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
481 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
482 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
483 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
484 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
485 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
486 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
487 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
488 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
489 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
490 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
491 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
492 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
493 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
494 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
495 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
496 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
497 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
498 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
499 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
500 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
501 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
502 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
503 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
504 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
505 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
506 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
507 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
508 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
509 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
510 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
511 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
512 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
513 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
514 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
515 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
516 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
517 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
518 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
519 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
520 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
521 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
522 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
523 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
524 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
525 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
526 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
527 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
528 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
529 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
530 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
531 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
532 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
533 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
534 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
535 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
536 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
537 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
538 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
539 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
540 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
541 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
542 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
543 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
544 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
545 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
546 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
547 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
548 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
549 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
550 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
551 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
552 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
553 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
554 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
555 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
556 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
557 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
558 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
559 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
560 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
561 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
562 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
563 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
564 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
565 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
566 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
567 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
568 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
569 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
570 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
571 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
572 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
573 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
574 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
575 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
576 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
577 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
578 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
579 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
580 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
581 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
582 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
583 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
584 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
585 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
586 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
587 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
588 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
589 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
590 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
591 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
592 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
593 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
594 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
595 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
596 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
597 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
598 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
599 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
600 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
601 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
602 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
603 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
604 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
605 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
606 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
607 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
608 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
609 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
610 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
611 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
612 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
613 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
614 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
615 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
616 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
617 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
618 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
619 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
620 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
621 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
622 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
623 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
624 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
625 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
626 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
627 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
628 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
629 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
630 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
631 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
632 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
633 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
634 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
635 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
636 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
637 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
638 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
639 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
640 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
641 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
642 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
643 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
644 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
645 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
646 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
647 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
648 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
649 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
650 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
651 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
652 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
653 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
654 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
655 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
656 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
657 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
658 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
659 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
660 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
661 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
662 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
663 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
664 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
665 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
666 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
667 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
668 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
669 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
670 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
671 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
672 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
673 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
674 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
675 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
676 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
677 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
678 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
679 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
680 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
681 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
682 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
683 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
684 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
685 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
686 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
687 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
688 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
689 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
690 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
691 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
692 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
693 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
694 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
695 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
696 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
697 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
698 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
699 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
700 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
701 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
702 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
703 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
704 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
705 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
706 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
707 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
708 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
709 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
710 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
711 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
712 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
713 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
714 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
715 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
716 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
717 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
718 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
719 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
720 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
721 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
722 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
723 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
724 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
725 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
726 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
727 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
728 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
729 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
730 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
731 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
732 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
733 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
734 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
735 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
736 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
737 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
738 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
739 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
740 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
741 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
742 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
743 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
744 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
745 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
746 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
747 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
748 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
749 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
750 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
751 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
752 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
753 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
754 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
755 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
756 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
757 Melinis repens Mokolii Scattered patches. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 5041924 Oahu BISH 2005-04-19
758 Melinis repens Kaali Cliff, below On basalt rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23579 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
759 Melinis repens N Kona, ~1.5 km E of W end of Kona Hwy., ~300 m SW of Keamuku Flow, ~300 m SSE of boundary aa; Pennisetum setaceum, Dodonaea viscosa Preserved_Specimen Close, B. 109416 Hawaii BISH 1994-10-29
760 Melinis repens Drive down Hilina Pali Rd. about 4.9 miles to beginning of Footprints Trail (heading W towards Mauna Loa). Walk 3.5 miles down this trail to about 50 meters W (below) the great fault pali Extremely sparse desert community on shifting ash dunes. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 1 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 756 Hawaii BISH 1966-09-02
761 Melinis repens Puu Luahine, central Molokai, along road to Waikolu Valley Lookout Beginning of open field; scattered in grass community with Sida-Waltheria-Abutilon. Preserved_Specimen Clumpy grass about 2 ft. tall; stems branched with rooting at joints; joints purple in color; leaves flat, rough on top, smooth below, bluish-green; flowering heads red. Spence, G. 108 Molokai BISH 1972-11-27
762 Melinis repens Top of ridge, Makua Valley rocky slope Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 4066 Oahu BISH 1935-11-17
763 Melinis repens Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea; above Pohakuloa Military Camp. Pohakuloa burn 1979 Pohakuloa burn 1979. Preserved_Specimen Adee, K.T. Hawaii BISH
764 Melinis repens Lehua Seabird Sanctuary Coastal Cencrhus ciliaris Heteropogon contortus grasslands Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus, tridax procumbens, Waltheria indica, Euphorbia hirta. About 20 plants, or clusters of plants, growing out of cracks in rock and small patches of dirt in between expanse of bare rock and on edge of a larger patch of Cenchrus ciliaris/Heteropogon contortus. Located immediately along pathway from weatherport to summit, approximat Preserved_Specimen Small grass with reddish pink inflorescences. Williams, A.M. 639 Lehua Rock BISH 2020-04-16
765 Melinis repens W Maui, 7.5 miles S of Wailuku at Papawai Point Roadside weed with Cenchrus echinatus. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 68 Maui BISH 1969-06-28
766 Melinis repens Lua Makika Planted on and escaped from slopes of crater depression. Preserved_Specimen Erect grass, 60 cm. high; fl. purplish-pink. Bryan Jr., E.H. 1409 Kahoolawe BISH 1939-01-07
767 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch, Wahiawa In moderately moist pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 431 Oahu BISH 1931-06-18
768 Melinis repens Maunaloa town, intersection of Halena St. and Pu'unana St Roadside weed in dry, sunny areas Preserved_Specimen Uncommon in this area and around the island. Flowers with pink hairs Faccenda, K. 2907 Molokai BISH 2022-12-26
769 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
770 Melinis repens Kau District; along the trail leading from Keauhou and joining the Puna coast trail On lava rock in open dry location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 871 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-01
771 Melinis repens Kaaawa-Kamokunui Ridge, Mokuleia District Pteridium-Psidium Assoc. Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7006 Oahu BISH 1934-07-11
772 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 3/21/2007
773 Melinis repens W part of island, on Mr. Cooke's ranch Open ground. Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 15150 Molokai BISH 1916-10-13
774 Melinis repens Kipuka Nene; Haw. Volc. Nat. Park Scattered in clearing with other exotics. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 33410 Hawaii BISH 1973-06-11
775 Melinis repens Wahiawa Naturalized in old pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 11045 Oahu BISH 1937-02-20
776 Melinis repens Kauai County, US-HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Maui HAPI 10/18/2007
777 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 10/18/2007
778 Melinis repens 96760, Kurtistown, HI, US OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/25/2007
779 Melinis repens Holei Pass, 600 ft. below On pahoehoe lava; associated with Lantana and Heteropogon. Preserved_Specimen Smith, C.W. 155 Hawaii BISH 1966-07-03
780 Melinis repens Pukalania, EC Maui, off Makai Rd. on way to County Dump Growing along side of pineapple field with Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen A clumpy grass up to 3 ft. tall; stems branched with some rooting at joints; purple in color at the joints; Leaves flat, to 8 in. long; rough on top, smooth beneath, bluish-green in color. Flowering heads reddish in color. Spence, G. 68 Maui BISH 1972-10-15
781 Melinis repens Palawai Basin, Along rd Along road in pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass. Herbst, D.R. 4029 Lanai BISH 1974-06-11
782 Melinis repens Kau District; off Mauna Iki trail Growing on lava in open location. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 758 Hawaii BISH 1974-06-25
783 Melinis repens Hanamaulu Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 1354 Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
784 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside, substrate a`a. Preserved_Specimen Bunchgrass, locally common. Height 1-2 ft. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
785 Melinis repens Waikiki Dry, vacant lot. Preserved_Specimen Baker, R.J. Oahu BISH 1932-07-20
786 Melinis repens Kalaupapa; Kauhako crater, SW zone trail through ohe makai-halapepe forest; rim, open Preserved_Specimen annual or perennial Wysong, M.L. 524 Molokai BISH 2004-12-08
787 Melinis repens Drive to end of Hilina Pali Rd. and plant was on the Hilina Pali Switchback trail Very open Metrosideros - Diospyros forest. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 263 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-02
788 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Kauai HAPI 10/18/2007
789 Melinis repens Hawaii, United States OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
790 Melinis repens Honolulu Harbor OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Oahu HAPI 3/25/2007
791 Melinis repens Mililani Mauka - Launani Valley, Mililani, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/21/2007
792 Melinis repens Punahou campus Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish. Agee, H.P. 34 Oahu BISH 1925-01-04
793 Melinis repens Above kukuihaile, near cane fields Preserved_Specimen Rock 4516 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
794 Melinis repens Kamoku Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 347 Lanai BISH 1919-09-01
795 Melinis repens Au Sugar Co. Preserved_Specimen Introduced for Hawaii. Is easily spread, thins feed and ends early and stands drought farily well. Does well on the grass lands, perrenial. The a useful plant here. Munro, G.C. 64 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
796 Melinis repens Kamuela Preserved_Specimen Natal red top Goff, R.A. 12 Hawaii BISH 1928-07-17
797 Melinis repens Makakilo Gulch Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses. Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 63 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
798 Melinis repens Near forestry plantings, Lua Makika area. More plants were also seen on the edge of Lua Makika Crater Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.047 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-23
799 Melinis repens Wahiawa Dry region. Preserved_Specimen Inafuku, R. Oahu BISH 1931-04-13
800 Melinis repens Hawaiian Homes Commission Homestead, Hoolehua Preserved_Specimen Naturalized; only a few plants seen. Degener, O. 9157 Molokai BISH 1928-04-04
801 Melinis repens Kaunakakai Gulch Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 625 Molokai BISH 1915-03-28
802 Melinis repens Manoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.H. Oahu BISH 1933-05-15
803 Melinis repens Waimanalo mountains Preserved_Specimen Topping, D.L. 2913 Oahu BISH 1924-11-16
804 Melinis repens Okoe Bay (?), South Kona. Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10148 Hawaii BISH 1983-12-17
805 Melinis repens about 6 km from Hilina Pali going along Puu Kaoene trail Preserved_Specimen Flowers pink. Herat, T. 902 Hawaii BISH 1974-07-05
806 Melinis repens PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Spiklets red-brown. Herbst, D.R. 2298 Kauai BISH 1972-01-04
807 Melinis repens Manoa, University Ave., beside campus Preserved_Specimen As roadside weed. Stone, B.C. 1239 Oahu BISH 1956-04-12
808 Melinis repens Schofield Rd Preserved_Specimen Roadside weed. Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
809 Melinis repens Kahakaaulana Is., Keehi Lagoon Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6084 Oahu BISH 1978-04-30
810 Melinis repens Bordering west side of LZ-1 Preserved_Specimen Warren, S. 8 Kahoolawe BISH 1987-04-09
811 Melinis repens University of Hawaii campus - between George hall & University Avenue Preserved_Specimen Vesture varies from silver (as here) to deep wine red and color fades as inflor matures. Herbst, D.R. 61 Oahu BISH 1966-04-12
812 Melinis repens Vacant lot near Hawaii Experiment Station Preserved_Specimen Whitney, L.D. 3872 Oahu BISH 1935-11-15
813 Melinis repens U.S. Experimental Station Reservation, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Westgate, J.M. 46 Oahu BISH 1920-12-10
814 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
815 Melinis repens Palawai Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 382 Lanai BISH 1928-08-01
816 Melinis repens Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
817 Melinis repens Parker Ranch, Puu Kapu Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 208 Hawaii BISH 1932-06-02
818 Melinis repens Honolulu District: Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 119 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
819 Melinis repens Kukuihaele Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
820 Melinis repens Kamanele Park, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 9159 Oahu BISH 1931-01-27
821 Melinis repens Beside road up Makapuu Head Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 503 Oahu BISH 1948-03-14
822 Melinis repens Waimea, Parker Ranch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4511 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-19
823 Melinis repens Honolulu, Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
824 Melinis repens Tantalus Dr., behind Punchbowl Cemetary Preserved_Specimen Leong, S. Oahu BISH 1960-10-22
825 Melinis repens Palikea Ridge Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1954-09-01
826 Melinis repens [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Gantt, P.A. Oahu BISH 1928-01-02
827 Melinis repens unknown Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. BISH
828 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
829 Melinis repens Leeward side of Kalepa Ridge, northern portion Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1977-07-21
830 Melinis repens Honokaa Preserved_Specimen Couter, F.E. Hawaii BISH 1903-05-01
831 Melinis repens Manoa Cliff Trail above [illegible home Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 373 Oahu BISH 1920-04-11
832 Melinis repens Hanalei Valley In rice patch Preserved_Specimen Very common Hosaka, E.Y. 1638 Kauai BISH 1936-10-29
833 Melinis repens Kipapa Gulch Weed on roadside. Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1362 Oahu BISH 1936-03-22
834 Melinis repens Waialae Nui Ridge, Halekoa Drive, along street curve below Uhi Place Preserved_Specimen Allison, A. Oahu BISH 2017-09-08
835 Melinis repens Lihue Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 770 Kauai BISH 1916-11-04
836 Melinis repens Along coastal and inland trail in Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 10241 Hawaii BISH 1984-04-07
837 Melinis repens Kaimuki Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1938 Oahu BISH 1914-04-01
838 Melinis repens Hilo District. From greenhouse sowing trays containing shipping container debris. Preserved_Specimen Grass ~78 cm. tall. Flowers pink to red. Yanger, C. Hawaii BISH 2020-10-13
839 Melinis repens Drive about 200 meters down from Hilina Pali Rd. from intersection with Chain of Craters Rd. Plant was about 20 meters W (right side) of road. (plot 1) Metrosideros - native shrub - Andropogon community. Preserved_Specimen Grass about 2 ft. tall. Newell, C.L. 422 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
840 Melinis repens Along hwy. between Kailua and Keahole Airport, N Kona Growing on exposed, arid a`a lava. Preserved_Specimen Common tufted grass; inflorescence beige. Herbst, D.R. 5016 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-16
841 Melinis repens Paokalani islet, 150 m offshore of Honokea Stream, 270x85 m Lantana camara, Pluchea carolinensis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Schiedea globosa, Chenopodium oahuense, Cocculus orbiculatus, Eragrostis variabilis, Plectranthus parviflorus, Dodonaea viscosa, Psydrax odorata, Chamaesyce celastroides Preserved_Specimen spikelets reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 11217 Hawaii BISH 2005-04-14
842 Melinis repens Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve, Ahihi Bay at the N end of the reserve Pockets of vegetation near the seashore amongst a'a lava about 200 years old. Preserved_Specimen Common roadside grass. Abbott, I.A. 91.3 Maui BISH 1991-03-05
843 Melinis repens University of Hawaii Campus - Quarry area. Base of steps leading down from Dole St. parking lot across from Bachman Hall Dry, open, sunny area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 16 Oahu BISH 1966-03-19
844 Melinis repens S side of Diamond Head Weed in gulch, shaded by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 25524 Oahu BISH 1955-05-01
845 Melinis repens Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range On bare scraped limestone. Under Prosopis palida. With Euphorbia hirta, Thymophylla tenuiloba, Cenchrus ciliaris, Leucaena leucocephala, and Waltheria indica. Preserved_Specimen Reddish caryopsis. Grayish green leaves. BISH staff 45 Oahu BISH 2021-05-04
846 Melinis repens Hawi Roadside and meadow grass. Preserved_Specimen Barnum, C.C. 86 Hawaii BISH 1924-10-30
847 Melinis repens Kau District, Keauhou Ranch. Keamoku lava flow at edge of Kipuka Kekake Trailside. Substrate `a`a. Preserved_Specimen Locally common bunchgrass. Height 1-2 feet. Inflorescences purplish-rose colored. Cuddihy, L.W. 220 Hawaii BISH 1980-02-28
848 Melinis repens Abandoned lot, McCully Sunny waste area Preserved_Specimen Abundant in dry areas Faccenda, K. 1799 Oahu BISH 2021-05-08
849 Melinis repens Hawaii Collected along upper river bank growing among rocks. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 117 Hawaii BISH 1990-04-23
850 Melinis repens Aiea Pineapple field. Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Oahu BISH 1924-12-07
851 Melinis repens Pohakuloa Common grass in dry area. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 4311 Hawaii BISH 1966-12-23
852 Melinis repens Diamond Head Crater, outer NE side Common along road. Dry, exposed area. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 54 Oahu BISH 1966-04-10
853 Melinis repens Waimea District, Puehu Ridge agove Kekaha Roadside -- cane field weed. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5562 Kauai BISH 1975-11-18
854 Melinis repens Manoa, Univ. of Hawaii, Dole St Lowland zone, weed in open lot. Preserved_Specimen Culms 75-100 cm tall; panicles red when young, silvery when old. Glume clothed with many silky hairs. Chock, A.K. 189 Oahu BISH 1950-03-07
855 Melinis repens Kaalualu Bay near South Point In waste areas and on lava in disturbed area. Preserved_Specimen Reddish brown inflorescence. Whistler, W.A. 80 Hawaii BISH 1972-04-06
856 Melinis repens 0.4 mi SSE of Mauna Kea State Park on W side of Saddle Road Vegetation open Myoporum-Sophora woodland with numerous exotic herbaceous species and the natives Chenopodium oahuense and Dodonaea sp. Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 4700 Hawaii BISH 1982-11-18
857 Melinis repens Near Devil's Throat, Kilauea Dry roadside. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 161 Hawaii BISH 1934-08-21
858 Melinis repens Univ. of Hawaii Manoa campus, quarry Common grass of open, disturbed areas. Preserved_Specimen Inflorescence burgundy colored. Herbst, D.R. 5139 Oahu BISH 1975-01-11
859 Melinis repens Laie Graveyard level, coral-loam; with grasses -- sunflowers -- dandelions. Preserved_Specimen Perennial, 1-3 ft. tall, strong creeping stems. Brandow, C.T. 27 Oahu BISH 1967-04-25
860 Melinis repens Nature Conservancy Kamakou Reserve, East Molokai, general veg monitoring plot 20, gulch west of Puu o Kaehai Open tall 5-15 meter exotic and native trees: Fraxinus uhdei, Nestegis, Dodonaea, Alyxia, and Dubautia Preserved_Specimen Perennial grass Higashino, P.K. 10087 Molokai BISH 1983-10-01
861 Melinis repens Above Kukuihaele Near cane fields. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 4512 Hawaii BISH 1909-07-18
862 Melinis repens Manoa campus, Univ. of Hawaii Roadside. Preserved_Specimen Procumbent grass, 0.6 m; flower red; common. Swarbrick, J.T. 2 Oahu BISH 1976-01-03
863 Melinis repens Waimea District; along Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550); ca. 0.5 mi S of jct with Kokee Road Abundant along roadsides everywhere in area. Preserved_Specimen Herb 50-60 cm tall, culms, erect, clumped, inflorescence purplish-pink. Lorence, D.H. 7429 Kauai BISH 1993-11-28
864 Melinis repens Honolulu, Tantalus road. Weed on roadside Preserved_Specimen Natal redtop Wong, R. Oahu BISH 1940-11-13
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