naturalizedRubiaceae
Warszewiczia coccinea
Pride of Trinidad
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Warszewiczia coccinea (or chaconia, wild poinsettia and pride of Trinidad and Tobago) is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago because it blooms on 31 August, which coincides with the day that Trinidad and Tobago became independent from the United Kingdom.
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Gallery · 2 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 16 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 37 · GBIF 13 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 2
ʻAlae · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻalaea · OʻahuGBIF 1