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Ruellia brevifolia
Tropical Wild Petunia
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Ruellia brevifolia, the tropical wild petunia or red Christmas pride, is an ornamental plant native to Argentina, Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, and Mexico.
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Seasonality
Only 4 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 · 21 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 95 · GBIF 90 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 36 · GBIF 27 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 12 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiGBIF 3
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiGBIF 2
East Makaīwa · MauiGBIF 2
Kīkoʻo · MauiGBIF 2
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 1