naturalizedLythraceae
Cuphea hyssopifolia
False heather
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Cuphea hyssopifolia (false heather, Mexican heather, Hawaiian heather or elfin herb) is a small evergreen shrub native to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. It grows to about 60 cm (24 in) high by 90 cm (35 in) wide and has purple, lavender or white coloured flowers and fine foliage.
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Seasonality
Only 4 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 · 64 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 149 · GBIF 52 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 3 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 9
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Laupāhoehoe, Welokā · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 4
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 4
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawainui · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 2
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 2
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 2
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 2
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kawela · MauiiNat 2
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaʻohe 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kukuiʻula · MauiGBIF 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1