Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_barleria_repens
Coral Creeper
Barleria repens
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About Coral Creeper
A trailing or scrambling subshrub with elliptic to somewhat obovate leaves. Red to rose-pink tubular flowers grow singly or in small leaf-axil clusters; the five-lobed limb has a four-plus-one arrangement. Two enlarged outer calyx lobes are broad, ovate and unarmed. Smooth capsules contain small seeds. 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
- Barleria repens
- Common names
- coral creeper
- Other names
- Barleria repens · coral creeper
- 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. Outer calyx lobes are unarmed; do not transfer the spiny calyx of Barleria cristata.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Trailing or scandent 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 trailing or scrambling subshrub with elliptic to somewhat obovate leaves. Red to rose-pink tubular flowers grow singly or in small leaf-axil clusters; the five-lobed limb has a four-plus-one arrangement. Two enlarged outer calyx lobes are broad, ovate and unarmed. Smooth capsules contain small seeds. 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.