Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_odontonema_cuspidatum
Firespike
Odontonema cuspidatum
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About Firespike
An upright clumping shrub with large glossy foliage and elongated terminal clusters of red tubular flowers. The corolla has short upper and lower lips, with small lobes on the lower lip. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Odontonema cuspidatum
- Common names
- firespike · fire spike · odontonema
- Other names
- Odontonema cuspidatum · firespike · fire spike · odontonema
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Odontonema strictum is a historical misapplication, not an accepted equivalent name. Do not transfer Florida hummingbird observations to Kauaʻi; detailed fruit and seeds are not reconstructed.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; subshrub or shrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- An upright clumping shrub with large glossy foliage and elongated terminal clusters of red tubular flowers. The corolla has short upper and lower lips, with small lobes on the lower lip. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.