naturalizedLamiaceae
Salvia coccinea
Tropical sage
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Salvia coccinea, the blood sage, scarlet sage, Texas sage, or tropical sage, is a herbaceous perennial in the Lamiaceae family that is widespread throughout the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America (Colombia, Peru, and Brazil). At one time Brazil was considered to be where it originated, but its diploid chromosome count now points to Mexico as its place of origin.
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Seasonality
Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 26 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 36 · GBIF 44 records
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 3
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 2
Mākua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kamoku · LānaʻiGBIF 2
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1
Kuikuiloloa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keōpukaloa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiGBIF 1