naturalizedLinderniaceae
Torenia crustacea
Brittle False Pimpernel
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Torenia crustacea is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Malaysian false pimpernel. It is a member of the plant family Linderniaceae. The flower is very small, approximately 1 cm in size. Pollen grains are round, with 23.5 microns diameter.
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Seasonality
Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 29 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 70 · GBIF 64 records
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 18 · GBIF 16 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 5 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kūkūau 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaiwiki, Maumau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaupakuea, Makea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kauaea · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
ʻAlaeloa · MauiGBIF 2
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 1
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Punahoa 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1