Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_pseuderanthemum_variabile
Pastel Flower
Pseuderanthemum variabile
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About Pastel Flower
A low hairy herb or subshrub with pointed ovate-to-lanceolate, smooth-edged leaves, sometimes purplish beneath. Elongated terminal clusters carry white-to-mauve tubular flowers with dark spots on the lower lobe. Small capsules follow; reduced self-pollinating flowers may occur lower on the plant. 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
- Pseuderanthemum variabile
- Common names
- pastel flower
- Other names
- Pseuderanthemum variabile · pastel 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. Show one coherent pale-mauve form with lower-lobe spots. Do not enlarge this low plant into a tree-sized shrub.
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
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 low hairy herb or subshrub with pointed ovate-to-lanceolate, smooth-edged leaves, sometimes purplish beneath. Elongated terminal clusters carry white-to-mauve tubular flowers with dark spots on the lower lobe. Small capsules follow; reduced self-pollinating flowers may occur lower on the plant. 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.