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Lobelia hypoleuca
As recorded: Lobelia hypoleuca Hillebr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Campanulaceae
- Collected by
- Cowan, R.S.
- Collector number
- 60
- Date
- September 22, 1946
- Locality
- Waikane-Schofield Trail
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 22, 1946, Cowan, R.S. also collected 19 other specimens.
Lobelia hypoleuca observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 34 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-25.

2026-05-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-22
Hawaii, US
(c) Kai Garcia-Tobar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-11-05
Hawaii, US
(c) rmagers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-10-04
Hawaii, US
(c) jcombs15, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-27
Hawaii, US
(c) cnewfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-25
Hawaii, US
(c) audre_smith1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Lobelia hypoleuca. BISH 11199. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956465491. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/11199.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956465491 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
