naturalizedBoraginaceae

Heliotropium amplexicaule

fragrant heliotrope

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Heliotropium amplexicaule is a species of heliotrope known by several common names, including clasping heliotrope, blue heliotrope, and summer heliotrope. It is native to South America, especially Argentina, but it is known on several other continents where it is an introduced species, and in some areas such as eastern Australia, a noxious weed.

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Seasonality

Only 6 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 53 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 111 · GBIF 96 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 20 · GBIF 22
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 15 · GBIF 12
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5
Wailuku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Nakula · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kealahewa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Keōpukaloa · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Makawao · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waiehu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Makaʻehu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Honopueo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hāwī · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Opihipau, Hukiaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kokoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahananui · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Awalua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nāpili 4-5 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kapulei · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Moakea · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hāliʻimaile · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokeana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1