Ruellia prostrata
naturalizedAcanthaceae

Ruellia prostrata

Prostrate Wild Petunia

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Ruellia prostrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, the Christmas Islands, Eritrea, Eswatini (previously known as Swaziland), Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Kenya, the Laccadive Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Seasonality

Only 3 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 39 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 93 · GBIF 78 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 19
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 7
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 3
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makanalua · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1