Chenopodiaceae
Alaweo
Chenopodium oahuense
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Alaweo, Hawaiian goosefoot
- Hawaiian
- Ahea, Aheahea, Ahewahewa, Alaweo, Alaweo huna, Aweoweo, Kahaihai, Kāhaʻihaʻi
- Macedonian
- Алавео, Оахуска дива лобода
Synonyms
- Atriplex oahuensis Meyen
- Chenopodium oahuense var. discospermum Fosberg
- Chenopodium pekeloi O.Deg., I.Deg. & Aellen
- Chenopodium sandwicheum Moq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.