naturalizedCommelinaceae
Tradescantia spathacea
Moses-in-the-cradle
Tradescantia spathacea, the boatlily or Moses-in-the-Cradle, is a herb in the Commelinaceae first described in 1788. It is native to Belize, Guatemala, and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsula) but widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in parts of Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and various oceanic islands.
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Where documented · 101 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 196 · GBIF 129 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 35 · GBIF 18 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 20 · GBIF 11 ✓
Makapala, Niuliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hāmoa · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Mokae · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 5
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 3
Paeahu · MauiiNat 3
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lumahaʻi · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2
Kulaʻimano · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauohana, Kehena · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahauiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīkala 1-2, Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Anapuka, Hoʻopūloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻakoko · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 2
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiGBIF 2
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hoʻokena · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Pāpā 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Paunau · MauiiNat 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiohonu · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1
Punahoa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honokeana · MauiiNat 1
Hāʻena · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kahuā 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wailuanui · MauiGBIF 1
Keālia · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiomao · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Haina · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 1
Makaʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1