Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_sida_ciliaris
Red-flowered Sida
Sida ciliaris
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About Red-flowered Sida
A low trailing perennial with a woody taproot and short stems covered in appressed stellate hairs. Small oblong-to-oblanceolate leaves have teeth near their tips and hairy undersides. Terminal flowers have orange-to-salmon petals, often purplish red at the base. Seven to eight fruit carpels have small upper tubercles. 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
- Sida ciliaris
- Common names
- red-flowered sida
- Other names
- Sida ciliaris · red-flowered sida
- 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. The common name does not require an entirely crimson corolla. Show a coherent salmon-orange form with a purplish-red base.
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 trailing perennial with a woody taproot and short stems covered in appressed stellate hairs. Small oblong-to-oblanceolate leaves have teeth near their tips and hairy undersides. Terminal flowers have orange-to-salmon petals, often purplish red at the base. Seven to eight fruit carpels have small upper tubercles. 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.