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
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
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
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
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
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