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Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta
soapbush
Symbol: CLHIH2
Group: Dicot
Family: Melastomataceae
Growth Habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native

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Related Taxa:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

View 24 genera in Melastomataceae, 4 species in Clidemia, 1 variety in Clidemia hirta

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Classification:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Rosidae –
                      Order Myrtales –
                         Family Melastomataceae – Melastome family
                            Genus Clidemia D. Don – clidemia
                               Species Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don – soapbush
                                  Variety Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta – soapbush

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Noxious Weed Information:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta
This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
Hawaii:
        Koster's curse     Noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta
        Koster's curse
    Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don
        Koster's curse
        soap bush
        kui
        kaurasiga
        roinisinga
        mbona na mbulamakau
This plant and the related entities italicized and indented above are considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 43 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 
HEAR   USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information Index for Selected Alien Plants in Hawaii (http://www.hear.org, October 20, 1999). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
 

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Wetland Indicator Status:*
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta
CLHI3: Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don
Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW FACU

      *for this plant and/or its related entities

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