Family: Verbenaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized outside native range: Established in tropical/subtropical regions (e.g., Puerto Rico, parts of Europe).
  
• History of introduction: Widely cultivated and intentionally spread globally.
  
• Tolerates pruning: Benefits from or recovers well from cultivation and mutilation.

Low Risk Traits:

• Not weedy: Not a weed of agriculture, forestry, or natural environments.
  
• No harmful traits: Lacks spines, toxins, allelopathy, and is not parasitic.
  
• Low ecological impact: Does not create fire hazards or form dense thickets.
  
• Specific habitat needs: Requires full sun and well-drained soil; not shade tolerant or environmentally versatile.
  
• Limited reproduction: No vegetative spread; long time to maturity; low seed production.
  
• Poor dispersal: Seeds lack adaptations for wind, water, or animal dispersal.