Breynia disticha
naturalizedPhyllanthaceae

Breynia disticha

Snowbush

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Breynia disticha is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described in 1776. It is native to New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the western Pacific, but naturalized on a wide assortment of other islands around the world (West Indies, São Tomé, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Bonin Islands, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Line Islands, Society Islands, Hawaii, etc.), as well as in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Seasonality

Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 72 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 108 · GBIF 50 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 10
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 2
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kāhei, Hualua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kapoaula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1