Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_bacopa_monnieri
Water hyssop
Bacopa monnieri
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About Water hyssop
ʻaeʻae is a wetland herb in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Bacopa monnieri
- Common names
- Water hyssop
- Hawaiian names
- ʻaeʻae
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coastal wetlands · Brackish/fresh wet margins · Loi edges
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Wetland herb
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Wetland alteration, invasive mats, pollution
- Conservation actions
- Wetland hydrology management and native wet-edge restoration
- Monitoring
- Wetland hydrology management and native wet-edge restoration
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻaeʻae is a wetland herb in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
