Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_pluchea_indica
Indian Fleabane
Pluchea indica
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About Indian Fleabane
A branched shrub with obovate leaves coarsely toothed except near the base. Broad terminal clusters carry small pink-purple disk-flower heads. Tiny achenes have a bristly pappus. 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
- Pluchea indica
- Common names
- Indian fleabane · Indian pluchea · marsh fleabane
- Hawaiian names
- liua
- Other names
- Pluchea indica · Indian fleabane · Indian pluchea · marsh fleabane · liua
- 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 add large daisy-like ray petals. The name liua is reported from Niʻihau, rather than established here as a specifically Kauaʻi usage.
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 shrubs 10-15(-20) dm tall, sparsely puberulent or tomentose, especially on younger parts.
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 branched shrub with obovate leaves coarsely toothed except near the base. Broad terminal clusters carry small pink-purple disk-flower heads. Tiny achenes have a bristly pappus. 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.