naturalizedMelastomataceae
Chaetogastra herbacea
cane tibouchina
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Chaetogastra herbacea, synonym Tibouchina herbacea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to southern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina. It has been introduced to Hawaii. It was first described, as Arthrostemma herbaceum, by Augustin de Candolle in 1828.
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Seasonality
Only 12 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 63 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 143 records
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 29 · GBIF 20 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 21 · GBIF 11 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 7 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 12 · GBIF 9 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 9 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 7 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuaiki · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaūmana · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 3
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hoʻokena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nienie · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 2
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
West Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makakupa‘ia · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikoekoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapulena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Halehaku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū Uka · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 1
Hīleanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wahikuli · MauiiNat 1
Honolua · MauiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kawela · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
East Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 1
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1
East Kaupakulua · MauiiNat 1
ʻAlaeloa · MauiiNat 1
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 1
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Honomanü · MauiGBIF 1
Keāliakapu · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Pelekunu · MolokaʻiGBIF 1