naturalizedAcanthaceae
Asystasia gangetica
Chinese violet
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Asystasia gangetica is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is commonly known as the Chinese violet, coromandel or creeping foxglove. In South Africa this plant may simply be called asystasia.
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Seasonality
110 flowering · 0 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
■ flowering (peak November)■ fruiting (peak January)
This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.
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Where documented · 77 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 194 · GBIF 287 records
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 27 · GBIF 35 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 23 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 16 · GBIF 19 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 14 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 14 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 12 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 10 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Punalau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiGBIF 4
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāpili 4-5 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 2
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makanikahio 1-2, Auau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiGBIF 2
Malaekahana · OʻahuGBIF 2
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Kahanahāiki · OʻahuiNat 1
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hāliʻimaile · MauiiNat 1
Pīlaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Paunau · MauiGBIF 1
Papaʻanui · MauiGBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honopou · MauiGBIF 1
Waiehu · MauiGBIF 1
Keana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuGBIF 1