naturalizedAcanthaceae
Odontonema cuspidatum
Cardinal’s guard
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Odontonema strictum, the mottled toothedthread, the Cardinal’s guard, or the firespike, is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Mexico, but has been introduced to Florida, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and several Pacific Islands.
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Seasonality
Only 24 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 39 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 295 records
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 77 · GBIF 71 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 34 · GBIF 63 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 38 · GBIF 52 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 12 · GBIF 20 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 13 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 14 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 9 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 3
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
West Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaueleau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 1
Puumoi · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honokalani · MauiGBIF 1
Kaiwikinui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kapoho · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Keālia 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honokōhau · MauiGBIF 1
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pāpā 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kapālama · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuGBIF 1