Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_malachra_alceifolia
Malachra alceifolia
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About Malachra alceifolia
An erect, stiffly branched subshrub with hairy stems and broad ovate leaves, sometimes shallowly lobed. Short-stalked flower heads are partly enclosed by folded pale bracts with green veins and heart-shaped bases. Yellow petals surround a yellow staminal column. The dry fruit separates into five unawned papery segments containing black 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
- Malachra alceifolia
- Other names
- Malachra alceifolia
- 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.
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; Stiffly branched, erect herbs or subshrubs 0.5-2.5 m tall; stems glabrate or stellate pubescent, often hispid with simple hairs.
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, stiffly branched subshrub with hairy stems and broad ovate leaves, sometimes shallowly lobed. Short-stalked flower heads are partly enclosed by folded pale bracts with green veins and heart-shaped bases. Yellow petals surround a yellow staminal column. The dry fruit separates into five unawned papery segments containing black 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.