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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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| [ Sorry, no photo! If you have one we may use, please e-mail info to fkraus@hawaii.edu ] |
| Description: | Shrub 6-25' tall, with 4-8" leaves, branches and leaf stalks having reddish bristly hairs, and clusters of 2 to 7 1-3" 6-petaled purplish-pink flowers. |
| Risk areas: | Moist and wet areas, up to 4000 ft. elevation. |
| WARNING: | Melastoma belongs to the Melastome Family, many members of which have proven invasive in Hawaii and elsewhere. All members of this family should probably be avoided in horticulture. |