Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_heterocentron_subtriplinervium
Pearl Flower
Heterocentron subtriplinervium
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About Pearl Flower
An erect subshrub with four-angled stems and ovate-to-elliptic leaves with pinnate veins. Flowers may be white, pink or magenta and have unequal anthers with extended connectives. The fruiting cup is bell-shaped and encloses very 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
- Heterocentron subtriplinervium
- Common names
- pearl flower
- Other names
- Heterocentron subtriplinervium · pearl flower
- 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. Do not substitute generic three-main-veined Melastomataceae foliage. Verify floral part counts independently before constructing a detailed open flower; a vegetative inset is acceptable.
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; Erect, suffrutescent herbs or subshrubs; branches tetragonal, 1-2 m long.
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
- An erect subshrub with four-angled stems and ovate-to-elliptic leaves with pinnate veins. Flowers may be white, pink or magenta and have unequal anthers with extended connectives. The fruiting cup is bell-shaped and encloses very 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.