Ruellia blechum
naturalizedAcanthaceae

Ruellia blechum

Browne's blechum

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Ruellia blechum, the green shrimp plant or Browne's blechum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and northern and western South America, and has been introduced to Brazil, Taiwan, many Pacific islands, and the US states of Hawaii, Louisiana and Florida. Its popularity as an ornamental has led to it becoming invasive in places as far flung as Papua New Guinea.

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Where documented · 14 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 25 · GBIF 19 records
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keonekūʻino · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1