naturalizedRubiaceae
Mitracarpus hirtus
Tropical Girdlepod
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Mitracarpus hirtus, commonly known as tropical girdlepod, is a species of annual herb in the family Rubiaceae. First described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1830, it is native to Mexico and much of tropical America but has been widely introduced to Africa, Asia, and other tropical regions. The species typically grows in seasonally dry tropical biomes and is recognized for its small, white, funnel-shaped flowers arranged in leaf axils.
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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 · 3 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 20 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 54 · GBIF 39 records
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 9 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 8 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 4 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Makahanaloa, Pepeʻekeo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 2
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nuʻu · MauiGBIF 2
Puua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 1