Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_pleroma_urvilleanum
Glory Bush
Pleroma urvilleanum
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About Glory Bush
A hairy shrub with quadrangular young stems and opposite pointed elliptic-to-ovate leaves. The smooth-edged blades have five to seven prominent longitudinal veins and silky hairs below. Terminal clusters carry five large purple petals and two unequal sets of long curved anthers. A cup-like fruit follows. 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
- Pleroma urvilleanum
- Common names
- glory bush · lasiandra · princess flower
- Other names
- Pleroma urvilleanum · glory bush · lasiandra · princess flower
- 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. Retain the entire, longitudinally veined leaves and dimorphic anthers. Mature seed details were not seen in the reviewed flora.
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; shrub or tree
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
- A hairy shrub with quadrangular young stems and opposite pointed elliptic-to-ovate leaves. The smooth-edged blades have five to seven prominent longitudinal veins and silky hairs below. Terminal clusters carry five large purple petals and two unequal sets of long curved anthers. A cup-like fruit follows. 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.