Pterolepis glomerata
naturalizedMelastomataceae

Pterolepis glomerata

false meadowbeauty

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Pterolepis glomerata, the false meadowbeauty, is a plant species in the family Melastomataceae. The plant grows in humid grasslands and in gardens. Its distribution is neotropical.

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Seasonality

Only 13 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 · 64 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 289 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 70 · GBIF 76 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 21 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 17 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 14 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 13 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 11 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓