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Updated 3/8/2024

Family Udoteaceae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Avrainvillea lacerata  

Pokai Bay, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Wailupe, Oahu, 2 feet

 

Makai Pier, Oahu, 15 feet


Sand Island, Oahu, 10 feet

LEATHER MUDWEED

Alien invasive species that grows in sandy mud at any depth.  Numerous short fan-like blades arise from a bulbous holdfast, forming dense meadows which trap sediment, choking out native species.  Accidentally introduced to Hawaii around the 1980's.  Native to the Indo-Pacific.  Formerly known as Avrainvillea amadelpha.