Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_flemingia_macrophylla
Large Leaf Flemingia
Flemingia macrophylla
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About Large Leaf Flemingia
A deep-rooted, tussock-forming woody shrub with ribbed, silky young branches and three-part leaves. Large dark-green, pointed leaflets spread from a shared petiole and have silky hairs on their veins. Dense leaf-axil racemes bear small pea flowers with greenish standards marked by parallel red veins and purple-tipped wings. Inflated dark-brown hairy pods contain two shiny black rounded 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
- Flemingia macrophylla
- Common names
- large leaf flemingia
- Other names
- Flemingia macrophylla · large leaf flemingia
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-12
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. The red markings are veins on a greenish standard; do not replace the flowers with uniformly bright red petals.
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 or shrub
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 deep-rooted, tussock-forming woody shrub with ribbed, silky young branches and three-part leaves. Large dark-green, pointed leaflets spread from a shared petiole and have silky hairs on their veins. Dense leaf-axil racemes bear small pea flowers with greenish standards marked by parallel red veins and purple-tipped wings. Inflated dark-brown hairy pods contain two shiny black rounded 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.