Coleus australis
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Coleus australis

little spurflower

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Coleus australis, synonyms Plectranthus australis and Plectranthus parviflorus, known as little spurflower or cockspur flower, is a shrub, occurring in Hawaii, Polynesia and Australia. Non aromatic, between 10 and 70 cm high. The habitat is shady moist areas, including eucalyptus forest and rainforest. A widespread species, in rocky areas and beside streams. Attractive blue and white flowers may occur throughout the year.

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Seasonality

Only 9 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 · 56 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 97 · GBIF 106 records
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 14
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 5
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 4
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 10
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Kealakomo · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1