Heterotis rotundifolia
naturalizedMelastomataceae

Heterotis rotundifolia

Spanish Shawl

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Heterotis rotundifolia, commonly called pink lady, Spanish Shawl, or rockrose, is a shrub in the family Melastomataceae that occurs in tropical Africa.

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Seasonality
24 flowering · 1 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak March)■ fruiting (peak December)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

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Where documented · 78 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 295 records
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 32 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 20 · GBIF 23 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 25 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 16 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 20 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 13 · GBIF 16 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 14 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 14 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 11 ✓
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 5 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 8 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 6 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekahe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Malama 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻUlaʻino · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīkala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ulumalu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓