Nertera granadensis
indigenousRubiaceae

Nertera granadensis

Beadplant

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Nertera granadensis, also known as coral bead plant, pin-cushion plant, coral moss, or English baby tears, is a ground cover with orange berries, of the genus Nertera. Nertera granadensis has an unusually extensive transcontinental distribution surrounding the Pacific Ocean, occurring from southern Chile and western Argentina north to Guatemala, and in Hawaii, New Zealand, eastern Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan. In the tropical regions of the western Pacific, Nertera granadensis only...

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Seasonality

Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 49 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 114 · GBIF 173 records