
naturalizedVerbenaceae
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Blue Porterweed
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family, native throughout the Caribbean. It has many common names including blue porterweed, blue snake weed, bastard vervain, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain, and light-blue snakeweed. It is unclear whether S. indica is a separate species. It is usually found along country roadsides and it grows also well as a ruderal plant on disturbed terrain. It is an invasive species in some places.
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Seasonality
Only 13 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 4 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 89 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 192 · GBIF 252 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 30 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 19 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 15 · GBIF 15 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 15 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 12 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 10 ✓
Honokōhau · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 10 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalihi · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Papaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paomai · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻuwela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lepeuli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punalau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaueleau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
N/A · KahoʻolaweiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Naholoku · MauiGBIF 2
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 2
Kawela · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 2
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 1
Pālāʻau · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiGBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 1
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiGBIF 1
Hanakoa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Keālia · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kawela · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Moloaʻa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Honoulimaloʻo · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keālia · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1



