naturalizedHeliconiaceae
Heliconia rostrata
Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia
Heliconia rostrata (also known as hanging lobster claw or false bird of paradise) is an herbaceous perennial native to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico. Other Heliconias grow in the upright position (e.g. Heliconia bihai), their cup-shaped flower bracts storing water for birds and insects. This plant, however, has downward-facing flowers, the flowers thus providing a source of nectar to birds.
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Where documented · 108 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 198 · GBIF 276 records
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 27 · GBIF 46 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 27 · GBIF 27 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 14 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 9 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 3 ✓
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 4
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 4
Peahi · MauiGBIF 4
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamiloloa (Government) · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 2
Kaʻapoko · HawaiʻiiNat 2
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻauʻau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 2
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1
Waiohonu · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Paunau · MauiGBIF 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiGBIF 1
Kukuiʻula · MauiGBIF 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kahananui · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kuʻia · MauiGBIF 1
Wailuanui · MauiGBIF 1
Honokōhau · MauiGBIF 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiGBIF 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keaaula · MauiGBIF 1
Lauhulu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pūehuehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Koʻolau · MauiGBIF 1
Hāmoa · MauiGBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiGBIF 1
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hakalau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Honokōwai · MauiGBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1








